{"id":"GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3","summary":"HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Symlink Attacks","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":["CVE-2025-8959","GO-2025-3892"],"modified":"2026-07-17T21:10:24.063243739Z","published":"2025-08-15T21:31:18Z","database_specific":{"nvd_published_at":"2025-08-15T21:15:37Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-59"],"severity":"HIGH","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2025-08-18T15:10:29Z"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8959"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/commit/87541b2501c00df5eaedea6acc61a2a4a4efa5b7"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3892"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"github.com/hashicorp/go-getter","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/go-getter"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3/GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}