{"cve":"CVE-2025-8959","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-15T21:15:37.347","modified":"2026-06-17T10:08:01.947","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242"],"products":["hashicorp:go-getter"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:06:45.861874017+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-8959","score":0.00568,"percentile":0.47063,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3","summary":"HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Symlink Attacks","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:27.505053038Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/go-getter","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/go-getter","ranges":["<1.7.9"],"fixed":["1.7.9"]}]},{"id":"GO-2025-3892","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2025-3892","summary":"HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Symlink Attacks in github.com/hashicorp/go-getter","modified":"2026-02-04T02:13:45.930150Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/go-getter","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/go-getter","ranges":["<1.7.9"],"fixed":["1.7.9"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}