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CVE-2026-44973
Billy is an interface filesystem abstraction for Go. Prior to 5.9.0, multiple path traversal issues exist across different components of go-billy. Insufficient path sanitization and boundary enforcement may allow crafted paths (e.g., using ..) to escape intended base directories. While go-billy was not originally designed to provide a strong security boundary, some of these issues were inconsistent across some of the built-in implementations. This results in scenarios where applications relying
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"go-billy","vendor":"go-git","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 5.9.0"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f4004fb2795dfbb1e05175d172b84cea132adce964bb8e07dee8678e14ccd29b · sha256:1097a709057b30b2… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":8.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f4004fb2795dfbb1e05175d172b84cea132adce964bb8e07dee8678e14ccd29b · sha256:1097a709057b30b2… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f4004fb2795dfbb1e05175d172b84cea132adce964bb8e07dee8678e14ccd29b · sha256:1097a709057b30b2… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"name":"https://github.com/go-git/go-billy/security/advisories/GHSA-qw64-3x98-g7q2","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/go-git/go-billy/security/advisories/GHSA-qw64-3x98-g7q2"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f4004fb2795dfbb1e05175d172b84cea132adce964bb8e07dee8678e14ccd29b · sha256:1097a709057b30b2… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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