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CVE-2026-74796

OpenTofu

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.

CVSS 6.1EPSS 0.22899999999999998%Risk 0.62
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Published
2026-08-16 14:16:57
Affected versions
<1.11.7
Type
Critical software
Last modified
2026-08-17 16:17:48
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N