CVE-2026-14978

Published Aug 19, 2026

Last updated 17 days ago

CVSS medium 5.5

Overview

Description: HashiCorp go-slug 0.4.0 through 0.18.2 could allow a local attacker to bypass .terraformignore exclusions and cause sensitive files to be included in Terraform slug uploads due to improper handling of Unicode normalization during path matching.
Source: psirt@us.ibm.com
NVD status: Analyzed
Products: go-slug

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

psirt@us.ibm.com: CWE-176

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:go-slug:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "matchCriteriaId": "C83EE8E4-FB6F-4DEB-80FD-FF0F5AEE322C",
            "versionEndExcluding": "0.18.3",
            "versionStartIncluding": "0.4.0",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

HashiCorp’s go-slug library is vulnerable to a zip-slip style attack when a non-existing user-provided path is extracted from the tar entry.•CVE-2025-0377

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.

Overview

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Weaknesses

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