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Hugo can execute a binary from the current directory on Windows

Moderate
bep published GHSA-8j34-9876-pvfq Dec 20, 2020

Package

gomod github.com/gohugoio/hugo (Go)

Affected versions

< 0.79.1

Patched versions

0.79.1

Description

Impact

Hugo depends on Go's os/exec for certain features, e.g. for rendering of Pandoc documents if these binaries are found in the system %PATH% on Windows. However, if a malicious file with the same name (exe or bat) is found in the current working directory at the time of running hugo, the malicious command will be invoked instead of the system one.

Windows users who run hugo inside untrusted Hugo sites are affected.

Patches

Users should upgrade to Hugo v0.79.1.

Workarounds

Other than avoiding untrusted Hugo sites, there is no workaround.

References

golang/go#38736

Severity

Moderate

CVE ID

CVE-2020-26284

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits