CVE-2026-39822

⚠️ high

Summary

On Unix systems, opening a file in an os.Root improperly follows symlinks to locations outside of the Root when the final path component of the a path is a symbolic link and the path ends in /. For example, 'root.Open("symlink/")' will open "symlink" even when "symlink" is a symbolic link pointing outside of the root.

CVSS Score

7.8

High

EPSS Score

0.2

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-07-08

First Seen: 2026-07-09

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 69.4% of all 338,292 vulnerabilities in our database.

#103,391

Above average severity

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Jul 8, 2026

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

Requires human interaction

💥 Technical Impact

Total

Complete system compromise possible

🏆 Discovered By

Mundur (https://github.com/M0nd0R)

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2026-07-13

Source NVD 🔗

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

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-61

📦 Affected Products 3

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
golang	go	Affected	< 1.25.12
golang	go	Affected	> 1.26.0 < 1.26.5
golang	go	Affected	v1.27

🔗 References 4

https://go.dev/cl/797880

Patch

https://go.dev/issue/79005

Issue Tracking Patch

https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/OrmQE_...

Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4970

Vendor Advisory

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