CVE-2024-8244 | Walk/WalkDir in path/filepath susceptible to symlink race

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.

Published: 2025-08-06 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-8244 is rated Low Risk (27.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-8244

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-02 0.03% 0.15% +0.12%
2 2025-08-07 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-8244

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.7 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-8244

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-8244

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-8244 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 3 source packages (golang-1.15, golang-1.19, golang-1.24), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, trixie): open 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-8244
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8244
suse medium CVE-2024-8244 severity moderate: SUSE including 3 source package names (go, go-doc, go-race), 35 product×package rows across 16 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, … (16 product lines)): Known Not Affected 35. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8244/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-8244 medium priority: Ubuntu including 11 source packages (golang-1.10, golang-1.13, …), 70 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): deferred 38, DNE 28, ignored 2, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-8244

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-8244

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2024-8244

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