3.8

CVE-2025-22873: Improper access to parent directory of root in os

Analyzed
AliasesSUSE-SU-2025:01551-1SUSE-SU-2025:1551-1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22873
Published 04-02-2026Last modified 05-02-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-22873 is a low (CVSS 3.8) Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in go standard library os. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 3.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
3.8/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1RHSA-2026:7291RHSA-2026:7385SUSE-SU-2025:01846-1SUSE-SU-2026:0403-1CGA-HM3H-GPF5-PCPJ

Timeline

  1. 04-02-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

It was possible to improperly access the parent directory of an os.Root by opening a filename ending in "../". For example, Root.Open("../") would open the parent directory of the Root. This escape only permits opening the parent directory itself, not ancestors of the parent or files contained within the parent.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard17 products
  • go-1.20All versions (No fix recorded)
  • go-1.22All versions (No fix recorded)
  • katib-earlystopping< 0.19.0-r31
  • katib-suggestion-goptuna-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • katib-suggestion-hyperband< 0.19.0-r31
Suse14 products
  • go1.24&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 1.24.3-150000.1.23.1
  • go1.24&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 1.24.3-150000.1.23.1
  • go1.24&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 1.24.3-150000.1.23.1
  • go1.24&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 1.24.3-150000.1.23.1
  • go1.24&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS< 1.24.3-150000.1.23.1
Wolfi12 products
  • go-1.20All versions (No fix recorded)
  • go-1.22All versions (No fix recorded)
  • katib-earlystopping< 0.19.0-r31
  • katib-suggestion-goptuna-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • katib-suggestion-hyperband< 0.19.0-r31
Opensuse2 products
  • go1.24&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 1.24.3-150000.1.23.1
  • go1.24&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.24.3-1.1
Alpine1 product
  • go≥ 1.24.0, < 1.23.9-r0 | ≥ 1.24.0, < 1.24.3-r0
Debian1 product
  • golang-1.24< 1.24.4-1
Go1 product
  • stdlib≥ 1.24.0-0, < 1.24.3
Go standard library1 product
  • os< 1.23.9 | ≥ 1.24.0-0, < 1.24.3
Golang1 product
  • go< 1.23.9 | ≥ 1.24.0, < 1.24.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • golang-1.24All versions (No fix recorded)

10 vendors · 51 products

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