CVE-2026-74796GO-2026-5705GHSA-WCMJ-X466-56MM
OpenTofu before 1.11.7 Symlink Following Path Traversal
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 1.11.7, 1.10.10
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- opentofu opentofu
fixed in 1.11.7
- github.com/opentofu/opentofuGo
From 1.11.0 · fixed in 1.11.7
- github.com/opentofu/opentofuGo
fixed in 1.10.10
- github.com/opentofu/opentofuGo
fixed in 1.10.10; From 1.11.0 · fixed in 1.11.7