What is GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3?

GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Symlink Attacks

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3 cover?

GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2025-8959. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3?

GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3?

GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3 affects 1 product, including: go/github.com/hashicorp/go-getter:\u003c 1.7.9.

GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3HighCVSS 7.5

HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Symlink Attacks

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 15, 2025

Last Modified

August 29, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-8959 →

📋 Description

HashiCorp's go-getter library subdirectory download feature is vulnerable to symlink attacks leading to unauthorized read access beyond the designated directory boundaries. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-8959, is fixed in go-getter 1.7.9.

🎯 Affected products1

go/github.com/hashicorp/go-getter:< 1.7.9

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8959
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242
https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/commit/87541b2501c00df5eaedea6acc61a2a4a4efa5b7
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3892
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3