The filepath.Walk and filepath.WalkDir functions are documented as not following symbolic links, but both functions are susceptible to a TOCTOU (time of check/time of use) race condition where a portion of the path being walked is replaced with a symbolic link while the walk is in progress.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golang-1.23 | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
| Golang-1.24 | Ubuntu | plucky | * |