CVE-2026-44973Billy: Path traversal vulnerabilities
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Billy is an interface filesystem abstraction for Go. Prior to 5.9.0, multiple path traversal issues exist across different components of go-billy. Insufficient path sanitization and boundary enforcement may allow crafted paths (e.g., using ..) to escape intended base directories. While go-billy was not originally designed to provide a strong security boundary, some of these issues were inconsistent across some of the built-in implementations. This results in scenarios where applications relying on go-billy for some level of isolation may inadvertently expose access to unintended filesystem locations. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.9.0.
- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Jun 1, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
go-git go-billy go_git:go_billy (from the name) | before 5.9.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/go-git/go-billy/security/advisories/GHSA-qw64-3x98-g7q2x-refsource-confirm
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