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ghsa-wjrx-6529-hcj3

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-08-15 21:31

Modified

2025-08-18 15:10

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Symlink Attacks

Details

HashiCorp's go-getter library subdirectory download feature is vulnerable to symlink attacks leading to unauthorized read access beyond the designated directory boundaries. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-8959, is fixed in go-getter 1.7.9.

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CVE-2025-8959 (GCVE-0-2025-8959)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-08-15 20:32

Modified

2025-08-15 20:46

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following)

Summary

HashiCorp's go-getter library subdirectory download feature is vulnerable to symlink attacks leading to unauthorized read access beyond the designated directory boundaries. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-8959, is fixed in go-getter 1.7.9.

References

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URL

Tags

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	HashiCorp	Shared library	Version: 0 ≤

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