CVE-2026-4660 (GCVE-0-2026-4660)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-09 13:47 – Updated: 2026-07-15 00:50
VLAI
Title
Go-getter may allow to arbitrary filesystem reads through git operations
Summary
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 vulnerability, CVE-2026-4660, is fixed in go-getter v1.8.6. This vulnerability does not affect the go-getter/v2 branch and package.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-09 14:44 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HashiCorp Tooling Affected: 0 , < 1.8.6 (semver)
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Red Hat Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.3 Unaffected: 1780399582 , < * (rpm)
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Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4     cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
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Red Hat Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer     cpe:/a:redhat:trusted_artifact_signer:1
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Credits
This issue was identified by Nicholas Gould (github.com/gouldnicholas)
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