CVE-2023-0475 | Go-Getter Vulnerable to Decompression Bombs

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.

Published: 2023-02-16 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-0475 is rated Low Risk (29.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.45%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-0475

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.45% +0.38%
2 2025-11-21 0.16% 0.07% -0.09%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-0475

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.2 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 0.6 3.6 [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-0475

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-0475

GHSA-jpxj-2jvg-6jv9 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — Data Amplification in HashiCorp go-getter

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-0475

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-0475 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-0475
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0475
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-0475 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (golang-github-hashicorp-go-getter, golang-github-jesseduffield-go-getter), 21 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 9, needed 8, DNE 2, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-0475

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-0475

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hashicorp go-getter <= 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:go-getter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hashicorp go-getter 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:go-getter:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-0475

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