CVE-2026-74796

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-16. A secondary CVSS source baseline 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

OpenTofu before 1.11.7 fails to validate existing symlinks in the provider cache directory during initialization. Attackers can place a malicious symlink in a trusted working directory to cause tofu init to write provider package contents to arbitrary filesystem locations outside the working tree.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
28
EG Risk 28/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity61% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
25th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 16, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 16, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

OpenTofu before 1.11.7 Symlink Following Path Traversal | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opentofu-before-symlink-following-path-traversal
github Patch Available

Provider cache installation follows root-module-controlled package directory symlink and writes outside the working tree · Advisory · opentofu/opentofu · GitHub

https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/security/advisories/GHSA-wcmj-x466-56mm

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74796(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
github.com/opentofu/opentofu—
  • 1.11.0 up to 1.11.7: fixed in 1.11.7
  • every version up to 1.10.10: fixed in 1.10.10
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 73× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 21:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-24 11:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-74796?
CVE-2026-74796 is a medium vulnerability published on August 16, 2026. OpenTofu before 1.11.7 fails to validate existing symlinks in the provider cache directory during initialization. Attackers can place a malicious symlink in a trusted working directory to cause tofu init to write provider package contents to arbitrary filesystem locations outside the working tree.
When was CVE-2026-74796 disclosed?
CVE-2026-74796 was first published on August 16, 2026, with the most recent update on September 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-74796 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74796 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (25th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74796?
CVE-2026-74796 has a CVSS base score of 6.1 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74796?
A fix for CVE-2026-74796 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-74796 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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