CVE-2024-8244 – Go filepath Symbolic Link TOCTOU

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CVE-2024-8244 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added Reference https://go.dev/issue/70007
    Added Reference https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-9999
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