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GHSA-92MM-2PJQ-R785

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-09 15:35 – Updated: 2026-04-10 14:11

Summary

HashiCorp's go-getter library may allow arbitrary file reads

Details

HashiCorp's go-getter library up to v1.8.5 may allow arbitrary file reads on the file system during certain git operations through a maliciously crafted URL. This is fixed in go-getter v1.8.6. This vulnerability does not affect the go-getter/v2 branch and package.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


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

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CVE-2026-4660 (GCVE-0-2026-4660)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-09 13:47 – Updated: 2026-04-17 17:57

Title

Go-getter may allow to arbitrary filesystem reads through git operations

Summary

HashiCorp’s go-getter library up to v1.8.5 may allow arbitrary file reads on the file system during certain git operations through a maliciously crafted URL. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-4660, is fixed in go-getter v1.8.6. This vulnerability does not affect the go-getter/v2 branch and package.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Assigner

HashiCorp

References

URL

Tags

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-04-go-…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	HashiCorp	Tooling	Affected: 0 , < 1.8.6 (semver)

Credits

This issue was identified by Nicholas Gould (github.com/gouldnicholas)

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-92MM-2PJQ-R785

CVE-2026-4660 (GCVE-0-2026-4660)

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