CVE-2026-44973CWE-22

Billy: Path traversal vulnerabilities

High · published May 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Billy is an interface filesystem abstraction for Go. Prior to 5.9.0, multiple path traversal issues exist across different components of go-billy. Insufficient path sanitization and boundary enforcement may allow crafted paths (e.g., using ..) to escape intended base directories. While go-billy was not originally designed to provide a strong security boundary, some of these issues were inconsistent across some of the built-in implementations. This results in scenarios where applications relying on go-billy for some level of isolation may inadvertently expose access to unintended filesystem locations. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.9.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00468 · 39.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2026-05-28T21:26Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 MAY 21:26Z
    Billy: Path traversal vulnerabilities
    cvelistv5