Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting github.com/golang/sys/unix package, versions <0.1.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMGOLANGSYSUNIX-7411422
  • published28 Jun 2024
  • disclosed3 Feb 2023
  • creditJoël Gähwiler

Introduced: 3 Feb 2023

CVE-2022-29526  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/golang/sys/unix to version 0.1.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Privilege Assignment such that when called with a non-zero flags parameter, the Faccessat function can incorrectly report that a file is accessible.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1