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GHSA-XCGV-8MV7-V8C7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-08 18:31 – Updated: 2026-07-08 21:30

Details

On Unix systems, opening a file in an os.Root improperly follows symlinks to locations outside of the Root when the final path component of the a path is a symbolic link and the path ends in /. For example, 'root.Open("symlink/")' will open "symlink" even when "symlink" is a symbolic link pointing outside of the root.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "id": "GHSA-xcgv-8mv7-v8c7",
  "modified": "2026-07-08T21:30:27Z",
  "published": "2026-07-08T18:31:37Z",
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CVE-2026-39822 (GCVE-0-2026-39822)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-08 15:46 – Updated: 2026-07-08 19:39

Title

Root escape via symlink plus trailing slash in os

Summary

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

Assigner

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://go.dev/issue/79005
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Orm…
https://go.dev/cl/797880
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4970

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Go standard library	os	Affected: 0 , < 1.25.12 (semver) Affected: 1.26.0-0 , < 1.26.5 (semver) Affected: 1.27.0-0 , < 1.27.0-rc.2 (semver)

Credits

Mundur (https://github.com/M0nd0R)

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GHSA-XCGV-8MV7-V8C7

CVE-2026-39822 (GCVE-0-2026-39822)

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