What is GHSA-38r7-h6rh-gjv9?

GHSA-38r7-h6rh-gjv9 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Hugo from v0.162.0 before v0.167.0 contains an improper link resolution vulnerability that lets...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-38r7-h6rh-gjv9 cover?

GHSA-38r7-h6rh-gjv9 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-109596. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-38r7-h6rh-gjv9?

GHSA-38r7-h6rh-gjv9 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-38r7-h6rh-gjv9MediumCVSS 5.5

Hugo from v0.162.0 before v0.167.0 contains an improper link resolution vulnerability that lets...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 13, 2026

Last Modified

October 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-109596 →

📋 Description

Hugo from v0.162.0 before v0.167.0 contains an improper link resolution vulnerability that lets malicious themes or modules expose files outside their root via nested-mount ancestor directories. Attackers controlling a theme can place a symlink or NTFS junction at a virtual ancestor directory, causing resources.Match to list and publish local files during builds.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-6c8w-mpp8-9w47
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109596
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hugo-from-0.162.0-before-0.167.0-symlink-file-disclosure-via-nested-mount-ancestor
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-38r7-h6rh-gjv9