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HIGH8.1

GHSA-qw64-3x98-g7q2

go-billy has path traversal vulnerabilities

Quick fix

GHSA-qw64-3x98-g7q2 — github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

go get github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5@v5.9.0

Details

### Impact 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.

The `osfs.ChrootOS` implementation is notably affected by this vulnerability and is now deprecated in `v5`, removed at `v6`. Users are recommended to move on to `osfs.BoundOS` instead: `osfs.New(path, WithBoundOS())`.

Users requiring stronger security boundary enforcement are recommended to upgrade to `v6`, where the `osfs` implementation are backed by the [traversal-resistant](https://go.dev/blog/osroot) primitive [os.Root](https://pkg.go.dev/os#Root).

### Patches Users should upgrade to a patched version in order to mitigate this vulnerability. Versions prior to `v5` are likely to be affected, users are recommended to upgrade to a supported `go-billy` version.

### Credits Thanks to @faran66 and @vnykmshr for finding and separately reporting this issue privately to the go-git project. 🙇

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Affected packages

Go/github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 5.9.0
Fixgo get github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5@v5.9.0
Go/github.com/go-git/go-billy/v6
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 6.0.0-alpha.1
Fixgo get github.com/go-git/go-billy/v6@v6.0.0-alpha.1

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