Directory Traversal Affecting hugo package, versions <0.161.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-HUGO-16732523
  • published18 May 2026
  • disclosed12 May 2026

Introduced: 12 May 2026

CVE-2026-44301  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable hugo to version 0.161.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hugo package and not the hugo package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Hugo is a static site generator. From 0.43 to before 0.161.0, when building a Hugo site that uses Node-based asset pipelines (PostCSS, Babel, TailwindCSS), Hugo invoked the configured Node tools without restrictions on file system access. As a result, executing hugo against an untrusted site could allow code running through these tools to read or write files outside the project's working directory. Users who do not use PostCSS, Babel, or TailwindCSS, or who only build trusted sites, are not affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.161.0.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1