What is CVE-2022-29804?

CVE-2022-29804 is a high-severity vulnerability in Golang Go, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-08-10.

How severe is CVE-2022-29804?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-29804 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Golang Go

CVE-2022-29804

Incorrect conversion of certain invalid paths to valid, absolute paths in Clean in path/filepath before Go 1.17.11 and Go 1.18.3 on Windows allows potential directory traversal attack.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.018 (75.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Golang Go
Go Standard Library Path/filepath — versions 0, 1.18.0-0
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29804?: CVE-2022-29804 is a high-severity vulnerability in Golang Go, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-29804?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-29804 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.