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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2025-47906

CVE-2025-47906

MEDIUM6.5

Unexpected paths returned from LookPath in os/exec

Published Sep 18, 2025

Modified 4 months ago

Details

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.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/06/1

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

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-47906

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

LowC:L

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

LowA:L

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedSep 18, 2025

ModifiedNov 4, 2025

CVE-2025-47906 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence