CVE-2025-8959 — HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Arbitrary Read through Symlink Attack

CVE-2025-8959

HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Arbitrary Read through Symlink Attack PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
HashiCorp / Shared library	affected 0 before 1.7.8

CWE

CWE-59

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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