CVE-2025-47906 | Unexpected paths returned from LookPath in os/exec

Exp

If the PATH environment variable contains paths which are executables (rather than just directories), passing certain strings to LookPath ("", ".", and ".."), can result in the binaries listed in the PATH being unexpectedly returned.

Published: 2025-09-18 Last update: 2026-01-27 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-47906 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-47906

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-47906

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 2025-09-19 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-47906

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L 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:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
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:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 3.9 2.5 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-47906

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-47906

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-47906: 1 source package rows (go); 81 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 2, open 79. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-47906
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-47906 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-2025-47906
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-47906
suse medium CVE-2025-47906 severity moderate: SUSE including 81 source package names (cloud-regionsrv-client-10.3.11-3.1, cloud-regionsrv-client-plugin-azure-2.0.0-3.1, …), 399 product×package rows across 33 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Image SLE-Micro, … (33 product lines)): Fixed 358, Known Not Affected 41. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-47906/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-47906 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): needs-triage 40, DNE 28, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-47906

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-47906

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
golang go < 1.23.12 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
golang go >= 1.24.0, < 1.24.6 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-47906

URL Tags
https://go.dev/cl/691775 Patch
https://go.dev/issue/74466 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/x5MKroML2yM Mailing List Release Notes
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3956 Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/06/1 Mailing List Issue Tracking
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