CVE-2024-6257
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
HashiCorp’s go-getter library can be coerced into executing Git update on an existing maliciously modified Git Configuration, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/hashicorp/go-getter | <1.7.5 | 1.7.5 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6257
- https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/commit/268c11cae8cf0d9374783e06572679796abe9ce9
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-13-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-code-execution-on-git-update-via-git-config-manipulation/68081
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xfhp-jf8p-mh5w
- https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-6257
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.