CVE-2026-19589

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-19589
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-19589.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-19589
Downstream
Published
2026-08-17T20:22:19Z
Modified
2026-08-30T03:31:03Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Packer vulnerable to arbitrary file write via crafted plugin archive during installation
Details

Packer up to 1.15.4 is vulnerable to an issue in the third-party plugin installer that may allow unintended file system modification and could lead to code execution. A user who installs a plugin from a malicious or compromised source may be affected. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-19589) is fixed in Packer 1.16.0.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "HashiCorp",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/19xxx/CVE-2026-19589.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/hashicorp/packer

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/hashicorp/packer
Events
Introduced
7ea4a779af7194caee3b497d584564cb849cd378
Fixed
856572ec8313eab942dce5bca8e623ce2171d7cb
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.16.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
}

Affected versions

Other
nightly
v1.*
v1.13.0
v1.14.0
v1.15.0
v1.15.1
v1.7.0
v1.7.1
v1.7.10
v1.7.2
v1.7.3
v1.7.4
v1.7.5
v1.7.6
v1.7.7
v1.7.8
v1.7.9
v1.8.0
v1.8.1
v1.8.2
v1.8.3
v1.8.4
v1.8.5

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-19589.json"