CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-74796

7.0 HIGH Published 2026-08-16 Modified 2026-10-08 Official page ↗
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
2026-08-16
Last modified
2026-10-08
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
7.0 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

OpenTofu before 1.11.7 fails to validate existing symlinks in the provider cache directory during initialization. Attackers can place a malicious symlink in a trusted working directory to cause tofu init to write provider package contents to arbitrary filesystem locations outside the working tree.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References