Description
Hugo before v0.167.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in css.Sass that allows malicious themes or modules to read files outside the project root through the Sass compiler's import fallback. Attackers can ship stylesheets with relative, absolute, or symlinked @import or @use targets to compile readable files into the published site CSS.
Published: 2026-10-12
Score: 6.7 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Hugo before v0.167.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in css.Sass that allows malicious themes or modules to read files outside the project root through the Sass compiler's import fallback. Attackers can ship stylesheets with relative, absolute, or symlinked @import or @use targets to compile readable files into the published site CSS.
Title Hugo before v0.167.0 Path Traversal via css.Sass Import Fallback
First Time appeared Gohugo
Gohugo hugo
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gohugo:hugo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gohugo
Gohugo hugo
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Subscriptions

Gohugo Hugo
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-12T22:21:50.021Z

Reserved: 2026-10-12T19:27:55.967Z

Link: CVE-2026-109574

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-12T23:17:22.730

Modified: 2026-10-12T23:17:22.730

Link: CVE-2026-109574

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-12T23:30:18Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-22

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')