GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3/GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2025-08-15T21:31:18Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-29T20:36:28Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Symlink Attacks
- Details
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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.
- Database specific
{ "severity": "HIGH", "github_reviewed_at": "2025-08-18T15:10:29Z", "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-15T21:15:37Z", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-59" ], "github_reviewed": true }- References
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8959
- https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/commit/87541b2501c00df5eaedea6acc61a2a4a4efa5b7
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242
- https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3892
Affected packages
Go / github.com/hashicorp/go-getter
Package
- Name
- github.com/hashicorp/go-getter
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- Purl
- pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/go-getter