CVE catalog
CVE-2025-8959
golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter: CVE-2025-8959
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.57% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | bookworm | 1.4.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Opensuse | terragrunt | tumbleweed | 0.85.1-1.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | 18.04 | 0.0~git20160316.0.575ec4e-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | 20.04 | 0.0~git20160316.0.575ec4e-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | 20.04 | 1.4.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | 20.04 | 1.4.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | 22.04 | 1.4.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | 24.04 | 1.4.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | 25.10 | 1.4.1-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1111318] |
| Opensuse | terragrunt | rpm | tumbleweed | 0.85.1-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15485-1 | Not reported |
Notes
[bookworm] golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter-dev]Affected
Source package: [golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter]
Details (2)
1.4.1-1· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter · debian · bookworm; dsa · golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter · debian · 12
1.4.1-1· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter · debian · bookworm; dsa · golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter · debian · 12
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [terragrunt-bash-completion]Unknown
Source package: [terragrunt]
Details (1)
1.1.2-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
0.85.1-1.1Version impact unknown
dsa · terragrunt · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [terragrunt-zsh-completion]Unknown
Source package: [terragrunt]
Details (1)
1.1.2-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
0.85.1-1.1Version impact unknown
dsa · terragrunt · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [terragrunt]Fixed
Source package: [terragrunt]
Details (1)
1.1.2-1.1· x86_64 · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
0.85.1-1.1dsa · terragrunt · opensuse · tumbleweed
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2025_15485-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-8959]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8959]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15485-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-8959]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-8959.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]