{"id":"CVE-2026-44973","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Billy: Path traversal vulnerabilities","description":"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.","publishedAt":"2026-05-28T21:26:14.734Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-01T18:41:01.788Z","severity":{"score":8.1,"label":"High","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","source":"GitHub_M"},"assigner":"GitHub_M","products":["go-git go-billy"],"affected":[{"vendor":"go-git","product":"go-billy","versions":[{"version":"< 5.9.0","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://github.com/go-git/go-billy/security/advisories/GHSA-qw64-3x98-g7q2"],"weaknesses":["CWE-22"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:11:57.932Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44973.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-44973","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-05-28T21:26:14.734Z","dateUpdated":"2026-06-01T18:41:01.788Z","assignerShortName":"GitHub_M","assignerOrgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateReserved":"2026-05-08T16:23:33.263Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Billy: Path traversal vulnerabilities","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"go-git","product":"go-billy","versions":[{"version":"< 5.9.0","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/go-git/go-billy/security/advisories/GHSA-qw64-3x98-g7q2","name":"https://github.com/go-git/go-billy/security/advisories/GHSA-qw64-3x98-g7q2","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":8.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-22","lang":"en","description":"CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"GitHub_M","orgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateUpdated":"2026-05-28T21:26:35.183Z"},"source":{"advisory":"GHSA-qw64-3x98-g7q2","discovery":"UNKNOWN"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2026-06-01T18:40:39.211860Z","id":"CVE-2026-44973","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2026-06-01T18:41:01.788Z"}}]}}}