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CVE-2024-8244 The filepath.Walk and filepath.WalkDir functions are documented as not following symbolic links, but both functions…

Description

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 and versions

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path/filepath Versions not published

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