CVE-2025-8959

HIGH

Hashicorp Go-getter < 1.7.9 - Symlink Following

Title source: rule

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.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 12.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-59

Status published

Products (2)

hashicorp/go-getter < 1.7.9

hashicorp/go-getter 0 - 1.7.9Go

Published Aug 15, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026