CVE-2026-89259 (GCVE-0-2026-89259)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 11:15 – Updated: 2026-09-11 20:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Hugo before v0.165.0 Insufficient Permission Restriction via TailwindCSS
Summary
Hugo is a static site generator. From v0.161.0, Hugo executes Node tools under Node's permission model, but TailwindCSS — included in the default security.exec.allow list — requires a highly permissive configuration (--allow-addons, --allow-child-process, --allow-worker). As a result, the restrictions intended by the fix for GHSA-x597-9fr4-5857 could still be bypassed, allowing a Node tool invoked during a build to read and write files outside the project's working directory. Affected versions are those after v0.43; the issue was fixed in v0.165.0 by removing tailwindcss from the default security.exec.allow list. Users who do not use TailwindCSS, or who only build trusted sites, are not affected. As a workaround, users can define a restrictive security.exec.allow list in hugo.toml.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-11 17:11 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
2 references
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|---|---|
| https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisor… | vendor-advisory |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hugo-before-… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-08-27 00:00
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