CVE-2026-44740CWE-674CWE-835

go-billy: Lack of depth and cycle detection in symlink resolution may lead to infinite loops and resource exhaustion

Medium · published June 1, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Billy is an interface filesystem abstraction for Go. Prior to versions 5.9.0 and 6.0.0-alpha.1, multiple components may improperly handle crafted or malformed input, resulting in panics, infinite loops, uncontrolled recursion, or excessive resource consumption. These issues arise from insufficient validation and missing safety mechanisms such as cycle detection, recursion limits, or defensive handling of unexpected states when processing untrusted repository data and filesystem structures. This issue has been patched in versions 5.9.0 and 6.0.0-alpha.1.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00389 · 31.8th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion; CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Published
2026-06-01T16:04Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 JUN 16:04Z
    go-billy: Lack of depth and cycle detection in symlink resolution may lead to infinite loops and resource exhaustion
    cvelistv5