Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-8959

Title: Hashicorp Go-Getter

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2025-8959.

CWE Category CWE-59

Published Date Aug 15, 2025

Modified Date Dec 11, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.05%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-8959: 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.

Impacted Vendors

hashicorp 1

Reference Links

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-8959 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

December 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

August 15, 2025 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.