{"id":"CVE-2025-8959","details":"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.","aliases":["GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3","GO-2025-3892"],"modified":"2026-03-23T05:00:16.145777976Z","published":"2025-08-15T21:15:37.347Z","related":["CGA-xh8g-vj86-hwmv","openSUSE-SU-2025:15485-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"e70221100018573cdc74411c95c19b2a372f6728"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.9"}]}}],"versions":["v1.0.0","v1.0.1","v1.0.2","v1.0.3","v1.1.0","v1.2.0","v1.3.0","v1.4.0","v1.4.1","v1.4.2","v1.5.0","v1.5.1","v1.5.10","v1.5.11","v1.5.2","v1.5.3","v1.5.4","v1.5.5","v1.5.6","v1.5.7","v1.5.8","v1.5.9","v1.6.0","v1.6.1","v1.6.2","v1.7.0","v1.7.1","v1.7.2","v1.7.3","v1.7.4","v1.7.5","v1.7.6","v1.7.7","v1.7.8"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-8959.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}