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CVE-2024-8244
Published: Aug 6, 2025
Modified: Nov 3, 2025
PUBLISHED
Description
The filepath.Walk and filepath.WalkDir functions are documented as not following symbolic links, but both functions are susceptible to a TOCTOU (time of check/time of use) race condition where a portion of the path being walked is replaced with a symbolic link while the walk is in progress.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Go standard library | path/filepath | All versions |
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