Incorrect Authorization Affecting std/syscall package, versions <1.17.10>=1.18.0-0 <1.18.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.77% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-STDSYSCALL-14548573
  • published6 Jan 2026
  • disclosed15 Jul 2022
  • creditJoël Gähwiler

Introduced: 15 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-29526  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade std/syscall to version 1.17.10, 1.18.2 or higher.

Overview

std/syscall is a Go standard library package std/syscall

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization.

Go Vulnerability Report:
When called with a non-zero flags parameter, the Faccessat function can incorrectly report that a file is accessible.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1