🛡️ CVE-2026-4660 — go-getter

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-200 NVD
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

HashiCorp's go-getter library may allow arbitrary file reads in github.com/hashicorp/go-getter

HashiCorp's go-getter library up to v1.8.5 may allow arbitrary file reads on the file system during certain git operations through a maliciously crafted URL. This is fixed in go-getter v1.8.6. This vulnerability does not affect the go-getter/v2 branch and package.

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.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-4660 is classified as CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information. Information that should stay internal is disclosed to someone who is not authorised to see it.

Affected software

CVE-2026-4660 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • github.com/hashicorp/go-getter
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 9 April 2026 and last revised on 2 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
discuss.hashicorp.com (Web)
github.com (Package)

CVE-2026-4660 on other distributions

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-200
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-04-09
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-07-02
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

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

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