# CVE-2026-44973: Billy: Path traversal vulnerabilities

- Also known as: GO-2026-5597, GHSA-QW64-3X98-G7Q2
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.9.0, 6.0.0-alpha.1
- Published: 2026-05-28 · Updated: 2026-06-01

## Affected

- go-git go-billy: fixed in 5.9.0
- github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 (Go): fixed in 5.9.0
- github.com/go-git/go-billy/v6 (Go): fixed in 6.0.0-alpha.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on go-git go-billy, github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5, github.com/go-git/go-billy/v6, upgrade to a fixed version (5.9.0, 6.0.0-alpha.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/go-git/go-billy/security/advisories/GHSA-qw64-3x98-g7q2

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