CVE-2025-8959 Affecting opentofu-1.10 package, versions <1.10.5-r2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-OPENTOFU110-15408542
  • published5 Mar 2026
  • disclosed15 Aug 2025

Introduced: 15 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-8959  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi opentofu-1.10 to version 1.10.5-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream opentofu-1.10 package and not the opentofu-1.10 package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi 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.