data/cve/v5/GO-2026-4970.json

{
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.0",
  "cveMetadata": {
    "cveId": "CVE-2026-39822"
  },
  "containers": {
    "cna": {
      "providerMetadata": {
        "orgId": "1bb62c36-49e3-4200-9d77-64a1400537cc"
      },
      "title": "Root escape via symlink plus trailing slash in os",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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": [
        {
          "vendor": "Go standard library",
          "product": "os",
          "collectionURL": "https://pkg.go.dev",
          "packageName": "os",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "1.25.12",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "version": "1.26.0-0",
              "lessThan": "1.26.5",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "version": "1.27.0-0",
              "lessThan": "1.27.0-rc.2",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "semver"
            }
          ],
          "programRoutines": [
            {
              "name": "rootOpenFileNolog"
            },
            {
              "name": "openRootInRoot"
            },
            {
              "name": "OpenInRoot"
            },
            {
              "name": "Root.Create"
            },
            {
              "name": "Root.Open"
            },
            {
              "name": "Root.OpenFile"
            },
            {
              "name": "Root.OpenRoot"
            },
            {
              "name": "Root.ReadFile"
            },
            {
              "name": "Root.WriteFile"
            },
            {
              "name": "rootFS.Open"
            },
            {
              "name": "rootFS.ReadDir"
            },
            {
              "name": "rootFS.ReadFile"
            }
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "description": "CWE-61: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://go.dev/issue/79005"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/OrmQE_Yp5Sc"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://go.dev/cl/797880"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4970"
        }
      ],
      "credits": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Mundur (https://github.com/M0nd0R)"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}