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Vulnerabilities & PatchesEmerging1 sourceAug 16, 2026 · 14:16via CVEFeed

CVE-2026-74796 - OpenTofu before 1.11.7 Symlink Following Path Traversal

Brief

CVE ID : CVE-2026-74796

Published : Aug. 16, 2026, 2:16 p. m.

  • 50 minutes ago

Description : OpenTofu before 1.

  • 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.

Severity: 7.0

  • HIGH

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