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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-08-15T20:32:52.335Z

Last Modified :

2025-08-15T20:46:06.131Z

Source :

HashiCorp
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-8959 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Hashicorp
  • Go-getter
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-8959.

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https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/pull/540 cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8959 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8959 cve-icon
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