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🛡️ CVE-2024-6257 — go-getter

🟠 CVSS 8.4 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-77 NVD
8.4
CVSS Score
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Description

HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Code Execution On Git Update Via Git Config Manipulation

HashiCorp’s go-getter library can be coerced into executing Git update on an existing maliciously modified Git Configuration, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. When go-getter is performing a Git operation, go-getter will try to clone the given repository in a specified destination. Cloning initializes a git config to the provided destination and if the repository needs to get updated go-getter will pull the new changes .

An attacker may alter the Git config after the cloning step to set an arbitrary Git configuration to achieve code execution.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

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

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-6257 is classified as CWE-77: Command Injection. User input is placed into a command that the system interprets, allowing extra commands to be appended to the intended one.

Affected software

CVE-2024-6257 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • github.com/hashicorp/go-getter
  • go-getter (fixed in 1.7.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 28 June 2024 and last revised on 4 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com (Advisory)
github.com (Fix)
discuss.hashicorp.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:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-77: Command Injection) in other software:

CVE-2024-6257 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.4
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-77
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-06-28
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-02-04

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/hashicorp/go-getter — —
go-getter — 1.7.5

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