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CVE-2026-89258

Hugo before v0.165.0 Symlink Confinement Bypass via resources.Get

9.3 CriticalFix available

Hugo is a static site generator. In versions after v0.123.0 and before v0.165.0, symlinks in parent directories were not dropped during direct resource lookups, allowing path confinement to be bypassed. An attacker who can place — or who convinces a site author to place — a symlink inside a mounted directory (for example, in a locally vendored theme under themes/) can cause functions that perform direct lookups, such as resources.Get and os.ReadFile, to follow that symlink and read files outside the intended project boundaries, disclosing their contents in the built site. Themes mounted as Go modules fetched from GitHub have symlinks stripped on download and are not affected, and multi-directory walks (e.g. content/asset walking) are not affected. This issue is an incomplete-fix follow-up to GHSA-c3wq-j5vh-68rc and GHSA-fw87-fv5r-9fpw; it is fixed in v0.165.0.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.47%Up 0.2 points since Sep 12, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.3

Hugo before v0.165.0 Symlink Confinement Bypass via resources.Get

Hugo is a static site generator. In versions after v0.123.0 and before v0.165.0, symlinks in parent directories were not dropped during direct resource lookups, allowing path confinement to be bypassed. An attacker who can place — or who convinces a site author to place — a symlink inside a mounted directory (for example, in a locally vendored theme under themes/) can cause functions that perform direct lookups, such as resources.Get and os.ReadFile, to follow that symlink and read files outside the intended project boundaries, disclosing their contents in the built site. Themes mounted as Go modules fetched from GitHub have symlinks stripped on download and are not affected, and multi-directory walks (e.g. content/asset walking) are not affected. This issue is an incomplete-fix follow-up to GHSA-c3wq-j5vh-68rc and GHSA-fw87-fv5r-9fpw; it is fixed in v0.165.0.

Record
CVE-2026-89258
CVSS 4.0
9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-76070 9.3

Hugo is a static site generator. In versions after v0.123.0 and before v0.165.0, symlinks in parent directories were not dropped during direct resource lookups, allowing path confinement to be bypassed. An attacker who can place — or who convinces a site author to place — a symlink inside a mounted directory (for example, in a locally vendored theme under themes/) can cause functions that perform direct lookups, such as resources.Get and os.ReadFile, to follow that symlink and read files outside the intended project boundaries, disclosing their contents in the built site. Themes mounted as Go modules fetched from GitHub have symlinks stripped on download and are not affected, and multi-directory walks (e.g. content/asset walking) are not affected. This issue is an incomplete-fix follow-up to GHSA-c3wq-j5vh-68rc and GHSA-fw87-fv5r-9fpw; it is fixed in v0.165.0.

Record
EUVD-2026-76070
CVSS 4.0
9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8jx9-m62j-qx3c 9.3

Hugo is a static site generator. In versions after v0.123.0 and before v0.165.0, symlinks in...

Hugo is a static site generator. In versions after v0.123.0 and before v0.165.0, symlinks in parent directories were not dropped during direct resource lookups, allowing path confinement to be bypassed. An attacker who can place — or who convinces a site author to place — a symlink inside a mounted directory (for example, in a locally vendored theme under themes/) can cause functions that perform direct lookups, such as resources.Get and os.ReadFile, to follow that symlink and read files outside the intended project boundaries, disclosing their contents in the built site. Themes mounted as Go modules fetched from GitHub have symlinks stripped on download and are not affected, and multi-directory walks (e.g. content/asset walking) are not affected. This issue is an incomplete-fix follow-up to GHSA-c3wq-j5vh-68rc and GHSA-fw87-fv5r-9fpw; it is fixed in v0.165.0.

Record
GHSA-8jx9-m62j-qx3c
CVSS 4.0
9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 9.3

Hugo is a static site generator. In versions after v0.123.0 and before v0.165.0, symlinks in parent directories were not dropped during direct resource lookups, allowing path confinement to be bypassed. An attacker who can place — or who convinces a site author to place — a symlink inside a mounted directory (for example, in a locally vendored theme under themes/) can cause functions that perform direct lookups, such as resources.Get and os.ReadFile, to follow that symlink and read files outside the intended project boundaries, disclosing their contents in the built site. Themes mounted as Go modules fetched from GitHub have symlinks stripped on download and are not affected, and multi-directory walks (e.g. content/asset walking) are not affected. This issue is an incomplete-fix follow-up to GHSA-c3wq-j5vh-68rc and GHSA-fw87-fv5r-9fpw; it is fixed in v0.165.0.

Record
CVE-2026-89258
CVSS 4.0
9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.3

Hugo before v0.165.0 Symlink Confinement Bypass via resources.Get

Hugo is a static site generator. In versions after v0.123.0 and before v0.165.0, symlinks in parent directories were not dropped during direct resource lookups, allowing path confinement to be bypassed. An attacker who can place — or who convinces a site author to place — a symlink inside a mounted directory (for example, in a locally vendored theme under themes/) can cause functions that perform direct lookups, such as resources.Get and os.ReadFile, to follow that symlink and read files outside the intended project boundaries, disclosing their contents in the built site. Themes mounted as Go modules fetched from GitHub have symlinks stripped on download and are not affected, and multi-directory walks (e.g. content/asset walking) are not affected. This issue is an incomplete-fix follow-up to GHSA-c3wq-j5vh-68rc and GHSA-fw87-fv5r-9fpw; it is fixed in v0.165.0.

Record
CVE-2026-89258
CVSS 4.0
9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-89258 9.3

Hugo is a static site generator. In versions after v0.123.0 and before v0.165.0, symlinks in parent directories were not dropped during direct resource lookups, allowing path confinement to be bypassed. An attacker who can place — or who convinces a site author to place — a symlink inside a mounted directory (for example, in a locally vendored theme under themes/) can cause functions that perform direct lookups, such as resources.Get and os.ReadFile, to follow that symlink and read files outside the intended project boundaries, disclosing their contents in the built site. Themes mounted as Go modules fetched from GitHub have symlinks stripped on download and are not affected, and multi-directory walks (e.g. content/asset walking) are not affected. This issue is an incomplete-fix follow-up to GHSA-c3wq-j5vh-68rc and GHSA-fw87-fv5r-9fpw; it is fixed in v0.165.0.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89258
CVSS 4.0
9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89258 9.3

Hugo is a static site generator. In versions after v0.123.0 and before v0.165.0, symlinks in parent directories were not dropped during direct resource lookups, allowing path confinement to be bypassed. An attacker who can place — or who convinces a site author to place — a symlink inside a mounted directory (for example, in a locally vendored theme under themes/) can cause functions that perform direct lookups, such as resources.Get and os.ReadFile, to follow that symlink and read files outside the intended project boundaries, disclosing their contents in the built site. Themes mounted as Go modules fetched from GitHub have symlinks stripped on download and are not affected, and multi-directory walks (e.g. content/asset walking) are not affected. This issue is an incomplete-fix follow-up to GHSA-c3wq-j5vh-68rc and GHSA-fw87-fv5r-9fpw; it is fixed in v0.165.0.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89258
CVSS 4.0
9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
hugo
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
0.111.3-10.112.7-10.113.0-10.113.0-20.113.0-3
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0.114.1-10.114.1-20.115.4-10.116.1-10.117.0-10.118.2-10.119.0-10.119.0-20.120.3-10.120.4-10.121.1-10.121.2-10.122.0-10.123.3-10.123.7-10.123.8-10.123.8-20.124.1-10.125.4-10.125.5-10.125.6-10.125.7-10.126.1-10.126.2-10.126.3-10.127.0-10.128.2-10.128.2-20.129.0-10.129.0-20.130.0-10.130.0-20.131.0-10.131.0-20.150.0-10.150.1-10.151.0-10.151.1-10.151.2-10.152.1-10.152.2-10.153.0-10.153.1-10.153.1-20.153.1-3
None known
hugo
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
0.131.0-10.131.0-20.150.0-10.150.1-10.151.0-1
Show 45 moreShow less
0.151.1-10.151.2-10.152.1-10.152.2-10.153.0-10.153.1-10.153.1-20.153.1-30.153.2-10.154.1-10.154.2-10.154.2-20.154.3-10.154.5-10.155.1-10.155.2-10.155.3-10.157.0-10.157.0-20.157.0-30.158.0-10.158.0-20.158.0-30.159.0-10.159.1-10.159.2-10.160.0-10.160.0-20.160.1-10.161.0-10.161.1-10.162.1-10.162.1-20.162.1-30.162.1-40.162.1-50.162.1-60.162.1-70.165.0-10.165.0-20.165.0-30.166.0-10.166.0-20.167.0-10.167.0-2
None known
hugo
Debian:14
before 0.165.0-1, plus listed versions
0.131.0-10.131.0-20.150.0-10.150.1-10.151.0-1
Show 38 moreShow less
0.151.1-10.151.2-10.152.1-10.152.2-10.153.0-10.153.1-10.153.1-20.153.1-30.153.2-10.154.1-10.154.2-10.154.2-20.154.3-10.154.5-10.155.1-10.155.2-10.155.3-10.157.0-10.157.0-20.157.0-30.158.0-10.158.0-20.158.0-30.159.0-10.159.1-10.159.2-10.160.0-10.160.0-20.160.1-10.161.0-10.161.1-10.162.1-10.162.1-20.162.1-30.162.1-40.162.1-50.162.1-60.162.1-7
0.165.0-1
hugo
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.15+git20160109.147.dd1d655-10.15+git20160109.147.dd1d655-20.15+git20160128.179.5def6d9-10.15+git20160206.203.ed23711-1
None known
hugo
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.25.1-20.26-10.35-10.37.1-10.38-10.39-10.40-10.40.1-1
None known
hugo
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.57.2-10.58.3-10.59.1-1.10.68.3-1
None known
hugo
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.80.0-60.89.4-20.90.0-10.90.1-10.91.0-1
Show 5 moreShow less
0.91.2-10.92.0-10.92.1-1build10.92.2-10.92.2-1ubuntu0.1
None known
hugo
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.113.0-30.119.0-20.120.3-10.120.4-10.121.2-1
Show 8 moreShow less
0.122.0-10.123.7-1build10.123.7-1ubuntu0.10.123.7-1ubuntu0.20.123.7-1ubuntu0.2+esm10.123.7-1ubuntu0.30.123.7-1ubuntu0.3+esm10.123.7-1ubuntu0.3+esm2
None known
hugo
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
0.154.5-10.162.1-50.162.1-7
None known
hugo
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.131.0-10.152.2-10.153.1-30.153.2-10.154.2-20.154.3-10.154.5-1
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-89258 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Gohugoio Hugo, published September 11, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 40th percentile. Fixed in hugo 0.165.0-1.

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