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    CVE-2025-8959

    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.

    Published:Aug 15, 2025
    Last Modified:Dec 11, 2025
    EPS:Aug 15, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.0002
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Hashicorp
    Product
    Go-getter

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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