PT-2025-33508 · Go-Getter+2 · Go-Getter+2

Published 2025-08-15 · Updated 2025-12-19 · CVE-2025-8959

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: go-getter versions prior to 1.7.9

Description: The go-getter library subdirectory download feature is susceptible to symlink attacks, potentially allowing unauthorized read access beyond the intended directory boundaries.

Recommendations: Update to go-getter version 1.7.9 or later.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-00036

CVE-2025-8959

ECHO-19A4-13DA-B2DB

GHSA-WJRX-6529-HCJ3

GO-2025-3892

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15485-1

Affected Products

Debian

Red Os

Go-Getter

References · 28

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15485-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2025-3892 · Vendor Advisory
• https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-23-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-read-through-symlink-attack/76242 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8959 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8959 · Vendor Advisory
• http://repo.red-soft.ru/redos/7.3c/x86_64/updates · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8959 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wjrx-6529-hcj3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-8959 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/x/ziLoD · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-00036 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-8959 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8959 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8959 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter · Note