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CVE-2026-44301

27
FAUCET Score

Hugo is a static site generator. From 0.43 to before 0.161.0, when building a Hugo site that uses Node-based asset pipelines (PostCSS, Babel, TailwindCSS), Hugo invoked the configured Node tools without restrictions on file system access. As a result, executing hugo against an untrusted site could allow code running through these tools to read or write files outside the project's working directory. Users who do not use PostCSS, Babel, or TailwindCSS, or who only build trusted sites, are not affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.161.0.

First published: May 12, 2026Last modified: May 12, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.43, < 0.161.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gohugo:hugo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

6.2MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
NONE
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
UNREPORTED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
19.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 22nd percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/gohugoio/hugoFixed in: 0.161.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-x597-9fr4-5857medium

Hugo's Node tool execution allows file system access outside the project directory

May 6, 2026

References

github.com / gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-x597-9fr4-5857
MitigationVendor Advisory