CVE-2022-41720

Restricted file access on Windows in os and net/http

High · published December 7, 2022

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
69.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

On Windows, restricted files can be accessed via os.DirFS and http.Dir. The os.DirFS function and http.Dir type provide access to a tree of files rooted at a given directory. These functions permit access to Windows device files under that root. For example, os.DirFS("C:/tmp").Open("COM1") opens the COM1 device. Both os.DirFS and http.Dir only provide read-only filesystem access. In addition, on Windows, an os.DirFS for the directory (the root of the current drive) can permit a maliciously crafted path to escape from the drive and access any path on the system. With fix applied, the behavior of os.DirFS("") has changed. Previously, an empty root was treated equivalently to "/", so os.DirFS("").Open("tmp") would open the path "/tmp". This now returns an error.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01279 · 69.8th percentile
Published
2022-12-07T16:11Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 DEC 16:11Z
    Restricted file access on Windows in os and net/http
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