cve/2024/CVE-2024-8244.md

### [CVE-2024-8244](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-8244)
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### Description

The filepath.Walk and filepath.WalkDir functions are documented as not following symbolic links, but both functions are susceptible to a TOCTOU (time of check/time of use) race condition where a portion of the path being walked is replaced with a symbolic link while the walk is in progress.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds