CVE-2025-0913

Inconsistent handling of O_CREATE|O_EXCL on Unix and Windows in os in syscall

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Jun 11, 2025
Updated
Jun 11, 2025
Reserved
Jan 30, 2025

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Description

os.OpenFile(path, os.O_CREATE|O_EXCL) behaved differently on Unix and Windows systems when the target path was a dangling symlink. On Unix systems, OpenFile with O_CREATE and O_EXCL flags never follows symlinks. On Windows, when the target path was a symlink to a nonexistent location, OpenFile would create a file in that location. OpenFile now always returns an error when the O_CREATE and O_EXCL flags are both set and the target path is a symlink.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
syscallGo standard library
  • before 1.23.10Affected
  • 1.24.0-0 to before 1.24.4Affected
osGo standard library
  • before 1.23.10Affected
  • 1.24.0-0 to before 1.24.4Affected

References

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