Description
On Windows, when the target of Root.Mkdir or Root.MkdirAll is a junction pointing to an empty location, the operation can create a directory at the junction target even when that target is located outside the root. This only applies to operations where the last path component is a junction (path/to/junction, but not path/junction/target).
Published: 2026-10-08
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History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-22

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Description On Windows, when the target of Root.Mkdir or Root.MkdirAll is a junction pointing to an empty location, the operation can create a directory at the junction target even when that target is located outside the root. This only applies to operations where the last path component is a junction (path/to/junction, but not path/junction/target).
Title Root.Mkdir(All) can follow junctions out of the root on Windows in os
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-08T22:53:58.387Z

Reserved: 2026-06-23T15:10:49.353Z

Link: CVE-2026-56857

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-08T23:17:01.487

Modified: 2026-10-08T23:17:01.487

Link: CVE-2026-56857

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Updated: 2026-10-09T01:00:14Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-22

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')