🛡️ CVE-2022-29810 — go-getter

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-29810 is classified as CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. Sensitive values are written to logs, which are typically kept longer and read more widely than the data warrants.

Affected software

CVE-2022-29810 is recorded against 2 packages.

• github.com/hashicorp/go-getter
• go-getter (fixed in 1.5.11)

Timeline and source

Published on 1 July 2022 and last revised on 20 May 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com (Fix)
github.com (Fix)
github.com (Web)

Other advisories for this package

github.com/hashicorp/go-getter has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-4660 (8.0 High, published 22 Jun 2026)
• ECHO-19a4-13da-b2db (published 24 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-8959 (8.0 High, published 29 Aug 2025)
• CVE-2024-6257 (8.0 High, published 28 Jun 2024)
• CVE-2024-3817 (9.5 Critical, published 17 Apr 2024)
• CVE-2023-0475 (published 17 Feb 2023)
• CVE-2022-26945 (8.0 High, published 26 May 2022)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File) in other software:

• CVE-2026-65945 (6.5 Medium, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-46358 (published 7 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-0637 (4.4 Medium, published 6 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-20289 (5.7 Medium, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-12947 (7.5 High, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-44105 (6.6 Medium, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-59326 (3.3 Low, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-54704 (6.5 Medium, published 29 Jul 2026)

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