CVE-2026-74796EPSS p25.2%

CVE-2026-74796CVE-2026-74796

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS 6.1 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS0.34% probability of exploitation · percentile 25.2% · 2026-10-06T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-09-08
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.