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High · 8.6 CVE-2026-75926 EUVD-2026-61008GHSA-pxpg-7gfv-6wc9

Hugo 0.162.0 to 0.164.x - Node Permission Model Bypass via Default TailwindCSS Child-Process Grant

Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Sep 24, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

Hugo 0.161.0 placed the Node asset pipelines behind the Node.js permission model so that code running through PostCSS, Babel, or TailwindCSS could not reach the file system outside the project directory. Hugo 0.162.0 added tailwindcss to the AllowChildProcess default in config/security/securityConfig.go, which makes nodePermissionArgs in common/hexec/exec.go append --allow-child-process whenever the tool being launched is named tailwindcss. TailwindCSS loads the site's tailwind.config.js through require at startup, so top-level code in that file executes inside the permitted Node process and can call child_process to spawn a shell. The spawned process is not a Node process and inherits none of the permission flags, so it runs with the full privileges of the account performing the build. Building a site whose theme, module, or starter template supplies the Tailwind configuration therefore yields arbitrary command execution rather than the confined file access the permission model was introduced to enforce. Hugo 0.165.0 removes tailwindcss from the default security.exec.allow list, so the tool is no longer launched under the default configuration.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
gohugoio hugo 0.162.0 – < 0.165.0 0.165.0

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 0.165.0-1 —
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 —

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