GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3

HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Symlink Attacks

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2025-8959

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
Go	github.com/hashicorp/go-getter	< 1.7.9	1.7.9

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

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.

References

External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8959 advisory
https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/commit/87541b2501c00df5eaedea6acc61a2a4a4efa5b7 web
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242 web
https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter package
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3892 web