CVE-2024-8244: Go Standard Library Path/filepath

Low severity, CVSS 3.7. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Go Standard Library Path/filepath

Published 2025-08-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.