CVE-2024-6257
HIGH8.4EPSS 0.39%HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Code Execution On Git Update Via Git Config Manipulation
Published: 6/25/2024Modified: 2/4/2026
Description
HashiCorp’s go-getter library can be coerced into executing Git update on an existing maliciously modified Git Configuration, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. When go-getter is performing a Git operation, go-getter will try to clone the given repository in a specified destination. Cloning initializes a git config to the provided destination and if the repository needs to get updated go-getter will pull the new changes . An attacker may alter the Git config after the cloning step to set an arbitrary Git configuration to achieve code execution.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/golang-github-hashicorp-go-getterfrom 0
- Go/github.com/hashicorp/go-getterfrom 0, < 1.7.5
- Go/github.com/hashicorp/go-getterfrom 0, < 1.7.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xfhp-jf8p-mh5w
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6257
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-6257
- PATCHhttps://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter
- WEBhttps://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-13-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-code-execution-on-git-update-via-git-config-manipulation/68081
- WEBhttps://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/commit/268c11cae8cf0d9374783e06572679796abe9ce9