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CVE-2026-74796 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/security/advisories/GHSA-wcmj-x466-56mm [email protected]
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opentofu-before-symlink-following-path-traversal [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')[email protected]

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-74796
NVD Published Date:
Aug 16, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Sep 8, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2026-74796 Details - Not Deferred