🛡️ CVE-2025-8959 — go-getter

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no 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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• 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-2025-8959 is classified as CWE-59: Link Following. The software follows symbolic or hard links without verifying their target, so a planted link can redirect an operation to a sensitive file.

Affected software

CVE-2025-8959 is recorded against 2 packages.

• github.com/hashicorp/go-getter
• go-getter (fixed in 1.7.9)

Timeline and source

Published on 29 August 2025 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:

• CVE-2026-4660 (8.0 High, published 22 Jun 2026)
• ECHO-19a4-13da-b2db (published 24 Nov 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-2022-29810 (published 1 Jul 2022)
• CVE-2022-26945 (8.0 High, published 26 May 2022)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-59: Link Following) in other software:

• CVE-2026-71556 (8.0 High, published 18 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-71964 (6.5 Medium, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2025-30240 (published 10 Aug 2026)

CVE-2025-8959 on other distributions

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

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