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CVE-2023-0475 (GCVE-0-2023-0475)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-16 18:35 – Updated: 2025-03-18 14:39
VLAI
Title
Go-Getter Vulnerable to Decompression Bombs
Summary
HashiCorp go-getter up to 1.6.2 and 2.1.1 is vulnerable to decompression bombs. Fixed in 1.7.0 and 2.2.0.
Severity
4.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-18 14:39 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-409 - Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HashiCorp go-getter Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.6.2 (semver)
Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.1.1 (semver)
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