CVE-2025-8959 Affecting cloudbeat-fips-9.0 package, versions <9.0.8-r18


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-CLOUDBEATFIPS90-16345163
  • published2 May 2026
  • disclosed15 Aug 2025

Introduced: 15 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-8959  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard cloudbeat-fips-9.0 to version 9.0.8-r18 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cloudbeat-fips-9.0 package and not the cloudbeat-fips-9.0 package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

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.