GO-2025-3956

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    GO-2025-3956

    Published: 18 Sept 2025Last Modified: 24 Jul 2026

    Summary: Unexpected paths returned from LookPath in os/exec

    Details: If the PATH environment variable contains paths which are executables (rather than just directories), passing certain strings to LookPath ("", ".", and ".."), can result in the binaries listed in the PATH being unexpectedly returned.

    References: https://go.dev/cl/691775, https://go.dev/issue/74466, https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/x5MKroML2yM

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: stdlib

    Purl: pkg:golang/stdlib

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.23.12

    Affected versions

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    GO-2025-3956 | CVE-DB