CVE-2023-45283 is a path traversal vulnerability in the Go filepath package on Windows, affecting golang and Microsoft Go distributions. It stems from the package's failure to properly recognize and handle paths prefixed with "\??\", which are equivalent to "\\?\" and can bypass security controls to access arbitrary system locations. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that could lead to high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.20.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.21.0-0, < 1.21.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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