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CVE-2025-8959

7.5 highEPSS 0.6%

High (7.5) in hashicorp go-getter. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/hashicorp/go-getter 1.7.9.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 47% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-59
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3Gogithub.com/hashicorp/go-getter<1.7.91.7.9
GO-2025-3892Gogithub.com/hashicorp/go-getter<1.7.91.7.9

References

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