Relative Path Traversal Affecting std/os package, versions <1.23.9>=1.24.0-0 <1.24.3
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- published6 Feb 2026
- disclosed4 Feb 2026
- creditDan Sebastian Thrane of SDU eScience Center
Introduced: 4 Feb 2026
CVE-2025-22873 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade std/os to version 1.23.9, 1.24.3 or higher.
Overview
std/os is a Go standard library package std/os
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Relative Path Traversal.
Go Vulnerability Report:
It was possible to improperly access the parent directory of an os.Root by opening a filename ending in "../". For example, Root.Open("../") would open the parent directory of the Root. This escape only permits opening the parent directory itself, not ancestors of the parent or files contained within the parent.