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TI-2020-17733 Aliases CVE-2020-29529GHSA-2g5j-5x95-r6hr

HashiCorp go-slug up to 0.4.3 did not fully protect against directory traversal while…

Priority LOW 38CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

HashiCorp go-slug up to 0.4.3 did not fully protect against directory traversal while unpacking tar archives, and protections could be bypassed with specific constructions of multiple symlinks. Fixed in 0.5.0.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02817 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial github.com/hashicorp/go-slug (Go): 0.5.0Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/hashicorp/go-slug (Go)before 0.5.00.5.0Patch availableGHSA-2g5j-5x95-r6hr
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/hashicorp/go-slug (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.5.0 Fixed in 0.5.0 Patch available GHSA-2g5j-5x95-r6hr

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:go-slug:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.5.0VulnerableHashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:go-slug:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.5.0 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-2g5j-5x95-r6hr github.com/hashicorp/go-slug (Go) Fixed in 0.5.0 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2021:1168 Released 2021-04-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.2.2 security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.2 for RHEL 7 rhacm2/management-ingress-rhel7, rhacm2/memcached-exporter-rhel7, rhacm2/openshift-hive-rhel7 +2
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.2 for RHEL 8 rhacm2/acm-must-gather-rhel8, rhacm2/acm-operator-bundle, rhacm2/acmesolver-rhel8 +47

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2AffectedNo fix yet

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-29529
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2g5j-5x95-r6hr

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

Advisory 2

Other 4

  • TI-2025-00308 HashiCorp go-slug Vulnerable to Zip Slip Attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-12610 Unicode normalization mismatch in go-slug ignore pattern matching may bypass intended file exclusions CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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