Hugo is a static site generator. In versions after v0.123.0 and before v0.166.0, Hugo's symlink confinement checks stopped at the mount root itself, so a theme or module checked into themes/ (or a vendored module) could contain a symlink at a mount root (for example themes/mytheme/assets -> /some/dir/outside). Files behind such a symlink were readable during a site build through resources.Get, resources.Match and similar functions, and could be published to public/ via static mounts, bypassing the rule that theme and module mount sources must be local paths. Modules fetched via Go modules are not affected because Go module zips cannot contain symlinks, and this is not an escalation for the main project, which may already mount absolute paths by configuration. Fixed in v0.166.0, where symlinked mount roots and symlinked directories between the mount root and the module directory are treated as non-existent for all modules. As a workaround, inspect themes/ and vendored modules for symlinks at mount roots before building, or replace symlinks with explicit mounts.
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| Description | Hugo is a static site generator. In versions after v0.123.0 and before v0.166.0, Hugo's symlink confinement checks stopped at the mount root itself, so a theme or module checked into themes/ (or a vendored module) could contain a symlink at a mount root (for example themes/mytheme/assets -> /some/dir/outside). Files behind such a symlink were readable during a site build through resources.Get, resources.Match and similar functions, and could be published to public/ via static mounts, bypassing the rule that theme and module mount sources must be local paths. Modules fetched via Go modules are not affected because Go module zips cannot contain symlinks, and this is not an escalation for the main project, which may already mount absolute paths by configuration. Fixed in v0.166.0, where symlinked mount roots and symlinked directories between the mount root and the module directory are treated as non-existent for all modules. As a workaround, inspect themes/ and vendored modules for symlinks at mount roots before building, or replace symlinks with explicit mounts. | |
| Title | Hugo before v0.166.0 Path Traversal via Symlinked Mount Roots | |
| First Time appeared |
Gohugo
Gohugo hugo |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gohugo:hugo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Gohugo
Gohugo hugo |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-26T13:23:50.847Z
Reserved: 2026-09-26T02:37:41.037Z
Link: CVE-2026-100692
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-26T14:16:53.860
Modified: 2026-09-26T14:16:53.860
Link: CVE-2026-100692
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