CVE-2025-0377 | HashiCorp go-slug Vulnerable to Zip Slip Attack

HashiCorp’s go-slug library is vulnerable to a zip-slip style attack when a non-existing user-provided path is extracted from the tar entry.

Published: 2025-01-21 Last update: 2025-12-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-0377 is rated Moderate Risk (52.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-0377

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 2026-03-01 0.25% 0.47% +0.21%
2 2026-02-24 0.10% 0.25% +0.15%
3 2025-11-21 0.10%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-0377

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
9.1 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N 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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 5.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-0377

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-0377

GHSA-wpfp-cm49-9m9q · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — HashiCorp go-slug Vulnerable to Zip Slip Attack

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-0377

vendor priority summary link
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-0377

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-0377

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hashicorp go-slug < 0.16.3 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:go-slug:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-0377

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