Bug 2517217 (CVE-2026-74796)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-74796 github.com/opentofu/opentofu: OpenTofu: Arbitrary file write via symlink following path traversal | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | unspecified | Keywords: | Security |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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A flaw was found in OpenTofu. This vulnerability allows attackers to exploit a symlink following path traversal during the initialization process. By placing a malicious symbolic link in a trusted working directory, an attacker can cause the 'tofu init' command to write provider package contents to arbitrary filesystem locations. This could lead to unauthorized modification of files on the system.
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | 2517746, 2517747 | ||
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-08-16 13:31:36 UTC
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