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CVE-2025-8959 json

HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Arbitrary Read through Symlink Attack

published last yr. modified last mo. also EUVD-2025-25049 , GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3 , GO-2025-3892

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/hashicorp/go-getter 1.7.9
  • HashiCorp Shared library 1.7.8
  • golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter Debian 14 1.8.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-8959

  • terragrunt openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.85.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15485-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-8959 updated cvss 7.5

github.com/hashicorp/go-getter: HashiCorp go-getter Arbitrary File Read

  • Red Hat Trusted Application Pipeline rhtap-task-runner/rhtap-task-runner-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/hashicorp/go-getter
<1.7.9
1.7.9

Affected products

  • HashiCorp Shared library

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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