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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/go-getter (GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433378

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-8959)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433378

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/18/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8959

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-8959

cwe: CWE-59