CVE-2026-75926

NameCVE-2026-75926
DescriptionHugo 0.161.0 placed the Node asset pipelines behind the Node.js permission model so that code running through PostCSS, Babel, or TailwindCSS could not reach the file system outside the project directory. Hugo 0.162.0 added tailwindcss to the AllowChildProcess default in config/security/securityConfig.go, which makes nodePermissionArgs in common/hexec/exec.go append --allow-child-process whenever the tool being launched is named tailwindcss. TailwindCSS loads the site's tailwind.config.js through require at startup, so top-level code in that file executes inside the permitted Node process and can call child_process to spawn a shell. The spawned process is not a Node process and inherits none of the permission flags, so it runs with the full privileges of the account performing the build. Building a site whose theme, module, or starter template supplies the Tailwind configuration therefore yields arbitrary command execution rather than the confined file access the permission model was introduced to enforce. Hugo 0.165.0 removes tailwindcss from the default security.exec.allow list, so the tool is no longer launched under the default configuration.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1144973

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
hugo (PTS)bookworm0.111.3-1fixed
trixie0.131.0-1fixed
forky, sid0.165.0-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
hugosourcebullseye(not affected)
hugosourcebookworm(not affected)
hugosourcetrixie(not affected)
hugosource(unstable)0.165.0-11144973

Notes

[trixie] - hugo <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[bookworm] - hugo <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[bullseye] - hugo <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/15178
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/15171
Introduced with: https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/d65af84d1572326057a9a55e26beb0cee784698a (v0.161.1)
Fixed by: https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/8a55df7af2e6da31297245cc54fa2e3b521d93e8 (v0.165.0)

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