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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Shared library | < 1.7.8 | 1.7.8 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | 1.8.9-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 25.10 | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | terragrunt | 0.85.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2025:15485-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | conftest | 0.62.0-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | grype | 0.98.0-r1 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | k9s | 0.50.9-r6 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kots +2 | 1.126.0-r1 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kubescape | 3.0.38-r1 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | opentofu-1.9 | 1.9.3-r2 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | rancher-fleet +4 | 0.13.0-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | snyk-cli | 1.1298.3-r1 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | steampipe | 2.1.0-r4 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | syft | 1.31.0-r1 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | terraform | 1.5.7-r47 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | terragrunt +1 | 0.85.0-r1 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | tflint +1 | 0.58.1-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | tfsec | 1.28.14-r5 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | trivy | 0.65.0-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | trivy-operator | 0.28.0-r1 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | wolfictl | 0.38.11-r1 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | xeol +1 | 0.10.8-r12 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | zarf | 0.60.0-r2 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | zot | 2.1.7-r3 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/hashicorp/go-getter | < 1.7.9 | 1.7.9 | GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:15485-1 terragrunt-0.85.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026