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CVE-2026-56857 affecting package golang 1.27.1-1

Type: advisorySources: OSV

On Windows, when the target of Root.Mkdir or Root.MkdirAll is a junction pointing to an empty location, the operation can create a directory at the junction target even when that target is located outside the root. This only applies to operations where the last path component is a junction (path/to/junction, but not path/junction/target).

Products
golang
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-56857
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:06 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2026-56857 affecting package golang 1.27.1-1

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Oct 2026, 23:17 UTC

On Windows, when the target of Root.Mkdir or Root.MkdirAll is a junction pointing to an empty location, the operation can create a directory at the junction target even when that target is located outside the root. This only applies to operations where the last path component is a junction (path/to/junction, but not path/junction/target).

osv:AZL-107489

golang

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "On Windows, when the target of Root.Mkdir or Root.MkdirAll is a junction pointing to an empty location, the operation can create a directory at the junction target even when that target is located outside the root. This only applies to operations where the last path component is a junction (path/to/junction, but not path/junction/target).",
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