CVE-2025-8959
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.05%HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Symlink Attacks in github.com/hashicorp/go-getter
Published: 8/15/2025Modified: 2/4/2026
Description
HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Symlink Attacks in github.com/hashicorp/go-getter
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/golang-github-hashicorp-go-getterfrom 0
- Go/github.com/hashicorp/go-getterfrom 0, < 1.7.9
- Go/github.com/hashicorp/go-getterfrom 0, < 1.7.9
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References (7)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8959
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-8959
- PATCHhttps://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter
- WEBhttps://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242
- WEBhttps://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/commit/87541b2501c00df5eaedea6acc61a2a4a4efa5b7
- WEBhttps://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3892