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CVE-2025-8959
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.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["64 bit","32 bit","x86","ARM","MacOS","Windows","Linux"],"product":"Shared library","repo":"https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter","vendor":"HashiCorp","versions":[{"lessThan":"1.7.8","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:208ccc3239158392c63b1bfec229389cbe2b54b47b55678e3674fe65e0867181 · sha256:2a75dc3887e44b53… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:208ccc3239158392c63b1bfec229389cbe2b54b47b55678e3674fe65e0867181 · sha256:2a75dc3887e44b53… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-59","description":"CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following)","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:208ccc3239158392c63b1bfec229389cbe2b54b47b55678e3674fe65e0867181 · sha256:2a75dc3887e44b53… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"url":"https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:208ccc3239158392c63b1bfec229389cbe2b54b47b55678e3674fe65e0867181 · sha256:2a75dc3887e44b53… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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