Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 4, 2026· Updated Feb 5, 2026
Improper access to parent directory of root in os
CVE-2025-22873
Description
It was possible to improperly access the parent directory of an os.Root by opening a filename ending in "../". For example, Root.Open("../") would open the parent directory of the Root. This escape only permits opening the parent directory itself, not ancestors of the parent or files contained within the parent.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
20- osv-coords19 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/nvidia-nsight-compute-13.2pkg:bitnami/golangpkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.24&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.24&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/govulncheck-vulndb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/suse/go1.24&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/go1.24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/go1.24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/go1.24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/go1.24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/go1.24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/go1.24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/go1.24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/go1.24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/go1.24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/go1.24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/go1.24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/go1.24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/go1.24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5
< 2026.1.1.2-r0+ 18 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2026.1.1.2-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.23.9
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.3-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.20260205T172317-150000.1.146.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.24.4-150000.1.26.1
- Go standard library/osv5Range: 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.