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Medium · 6.2 CVE-2026-44301 EUVD-2026-29862GHSA-x597-9fr4-5857GO-2026-5740

Hugo: Node tool execution allows file system access outside the project directory

Published May 12, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Hugo is a static site generator. From 0.43 to before 0.161.0, when building a Hugo site that uses Node-based asset pipelines (PostCSS, Babel, TailwindCSS), Hugo invoked the configured Node tools without restrictions on file system access. As a result, executing hugo against an untrusted site could allow code running through these tools to read or write files outside the project's working directory. Users who do not use PostCSS, Babel, or TailwindCSS, or who only build trusted sites, are not affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.161.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
gohugoio hugo >= 0.43.0, < 0.161.0 —

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 0.161.0-1 —
Debian 13 hugo No fix yet —
Debian 12 hugo No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 hugo No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 hugo No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
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
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260727T201416-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23227-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23216-1
SLES 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260727T201416-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23227-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23216-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260727T201416-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21551-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/gohugoio/hugo >= 0.43.0, < 0.161.0 0.161.0 GHSA-x597-9fr4-5857
Go github.com/gohugoio/hugo < 0.161.0 0.161.0 GO-2026-5740

Advisories 4

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