CVE-2025-47906

Unexpected paths returned from LookPath in os/exec

CVSS 6.5 MEDIUMEPSS 0.5%

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Affected products

Go standard library · os/exec

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References

https://go.dev/cl/691775 https://go.dev/issue/74466 https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/x5MKroML2yM https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3956 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/06/1