CVE-2025-8959 Affecting kots-compat package, versions <1.126.0-r1
Threat Intelligence
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- published12 Jan 2026
- disclosed15 Aug 2025
Introduced: 15 Aug 2025
CVE-2025-8959 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Chainguard kots-compat to version 1.126.0-r1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kots-compat package and not the kots-compat 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.