| Name | CVE-2026-109596 |
| Description | Hugo from v0.162.0 before v0.167.0 contains an improper link resolution vulnerability that lets malicious themes or modules expose files outside their root via nested-mount ancestor directories. Attackers controlling a theme can place a symlink or NTFS junction at a virtual ancestor directory, causing resources.Match to list and publish local files during builds. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| hugo (PTS) | bookworm | 0.111.3-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 0.131.0-1 | fixed |
| forky | 0.167.0-7 | fixed |
| sid | 0.169.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| hugo | source | bookworm | (not affected) | | | |
| hugo | source | trixie | (not affected) | | | |
| hugo | source | (unstable) | 0.167.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[trixie] - hugo <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, only affects 0.162 and later)
[bookworm] - hugo <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, only affects 0.162 and later)
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-6c8w-mpp8-9w47