VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-50135
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-07-06
Last modified2026-10-25
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
Hugo is a static site generator. From 0.123.0 to 0.161.1, a regression made RootMappingFs.statRoot use Stat (follows symlinks) instead of Lstat , so a direct resources.Get of a symlink pointing outside its mount returned the target's contents — letting a symlink planted in a local mount (e.g. a vendored themes/ theme) read arbitrary files accessible to the Hugo user. Go-module themes from GitHub (symlinks stripped) and directory walks were unaffected. Fixed in 0.162.0.
Weakness classification
- security-advisories@github.com: CWE-59
Primary references
- security-advisories@github.com — Patch
- security-advisories@github.com — Product, Release Notes
- security-advisories@github.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory