PT-2026-38298 · Hugo · Hugo

Bacu79 + 2 · Published 2026-05-06 · Updated 2026-05-21 · CVE-2026-44301

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Hugo versions prior to 0.161.0

Description When building a site that utilizes Node-based asset pipelines such as PostCSS, Babel, or TailwindCSS, the software invokes configured Node tools without restrictions on file system access. This allows code executed through these tools to read or write files outside the project's working directory when processing an untrusted site.

Recommendations Update to version 0.161.0 or later. As a temporary workaround, block the affected tools in the security.exec.allow configuration.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-44301

GHSA-X597-9FR4-5857

Affected Products

Hugo

References · 13

• https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-x597-9fr4-5857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44301 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-44301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-x597-9fr4-5857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44301 · Security Note
• https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/53559 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/164459 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2054323974478438484 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/dailycve/status/2052187396632924169 · Twitter Post