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EUVD-2025-25049 · Published Aug 15, 2025
HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Symlink Attacks 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.
Technologies
Hashicorp Go-Getter
Weaknesses
CWE-59
CVSS scores
- v3.17.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
MITRE ATT&CK
InferredWhere this vulnerability fits in an attack
Initial Access Execution Persistence Privilege Escalation Stealth
References
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8959
- https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/commit/87541b2501c00df5eaedea6acc61a2a4a4efa5b7
- https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3892
Potentially impacted assets
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