CVE-2026-74796CWE-59

CVE-2026-74796

Medium · published August 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
26.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.1 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
7.0 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
EPSS
0.00339 · 26.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2026-08-16T18:16Z
References (2)
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]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 AUG 13:14Z
    OpenTofu before 1.11.7 Symlink Following Path Traversal
    cvelistv5