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CVE-2026-39822

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2026-07-08 Modified: 2026-07-13

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Golang Go

Weakness Type

CWE-61

References