High
OpenTofu before 1.11.7 Symlink Following Path Traversal
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.
Announced Source revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-74796
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-74796
opentofu
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "opentofu",
"product": "opentofu",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "1.11.7",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "1.11.7",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"packageURL": "pkg:golang/github.com/opentofu/opentofu",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-74796
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #12855 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date