CVE-2026-4660 PUBLISHED

Go-getter may allow to arbitrary filesystem reads through git operations

Assigner: HashiCorp
Reserved: 23.03.2026 Published: 09.04.2026 Updated: 09.04.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.5

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	HashiCorp
Product	Tooling
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 1.8.6 (excl.)

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-04-go-getter-may-allow-to-arbitrary-filesystem-reads-through-git-operations/77311

Problem Types

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-6: Argument Injection