HIGH7.5

GHSA-92mm-2pjq-r785

HashiCorp's go-getter library may allow arbitrary file reads

Quick fix

GHSA-92mm-2pjq-r785 — github.com/hashicorp/go-getter: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

go get github.com/hashicorp/go-getter@v1.8.6

Details

HashiCorp's go-getter library up to v1.8.5 may allow arbitrary file reads on the file system during certain git operations through a maliciously crafted URL. This is fixed in go-getter v1.8.6. This vulnerability does not affect the go-getter/v2 branch and package.

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Affected packages

Go/github.com/hashicorp/go-getter

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.8.6

Fixgo get github.com/hashicorp/go-getter@v1.8.6

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4660[ADVISORY]
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-04-go-getter-may-allow-to-arbitrary-filesystem-reads-through-git-operations/77311[WEB]
https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter[PACKAGE]