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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-100692 EUVD-2026-87665GHSA-m29q-9cm9-wcf6

Hugo before v0.166.0 Path Traversal via Symlinked Mount Roots

Published Sep 26, 2026 · Updated Sep 28, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

Hugo is a static site generator. In versions after v0.123.0 and before v0.166.0, Hugo's symlink confinement checks stopped at the mount root itself, so a theme or module checked into themes/ (or a vendored module) could contain a symlink at a mount root (for example themes/mytheme/assets -> /some/dir/outside). Files behind such a symlink were readable during a site build through resources.Get, resources.Match and similar functions, and could be published to public/ via static mounts, bypassing the rule that theme and module mount sources must be local paths. Modules fetched via Go modules are not affected because Go module zips cannot contain symlinks, and this is not an escalation for the main project, which may already mount absolute paths by configuration. Fixed in v0.166.0, where symlinked mount roots and symlinked directories between the mount root and the module directory are treated as non-existent for all modules. As a workaround, inspect themes/ and vendored modules for symlinks at mount roots before building, or replace symlinks with explicit mounts.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
gohugoio hugo < 0.166.0 0.166.0

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 hugo 0.166.0-1 —
Debian 13 hugo No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 hugo No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 hugo 0.166.0-0.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:66266

Advisories 1

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