
CVE catalog
CVE-2026-89259
Hugo is a static site generator. From v0.161.0, Hugo executes Node tools under Node's permission model, but TailwindCSS — included in the default security.exec.allow list — requires a highly permissiv
- Severity
- Critical · CVSS 9.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.59% · Oct 25, 2026
Hugo is a static site generator. From v0.161.0, Hugo executes Node tools under Node's permission model, but TailwindCSS — included in the default security.exec.allow list — requires a highly permissive configuration (--allow-addons, --allow-child-process, --allow-worker). As a result, the restrictions intended by the fix for GHSA-x597-9fr4-5857 could still be bypassed, allowing a Node tool invoked during a build to read and write files outside the project's working directory. Affected versions are those after v0.43; the issue was fixed in v0.165.0 by removing tailwindcss from the default security.exec.allow list. Users who do not use TailwindCSS, or who only build trusted sites, are not affected. As a workaround, users can define a restrictive security.exec.allow list in hugo.toml.
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 | hugo | sid | 0.168.0-3 | fixed |
| Debian | hugo | forky | 0.167.0-7 | fixed |
| Debian | hugo | trixie | 0.131.0-1 | not affected |
| Debian | hugo | bookworm | 0.111.3-1 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | hugo | source | sid | 0.165.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | hugo | source | forky | 0.165.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | hugo | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | hugo | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [hugo]Not affected
Details (2)
0.111.3-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
nvd · hugo · debian · bookworm
0.111.3-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
nvd · hugo · debian · bookworm
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