VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-8959

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-08-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • security@hashicorp.com: CWE-59

Primary references