{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-109596 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2026-109596 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in gohugoio hugo, published on 12 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-109596 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-109596 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in gohugoio hugo, published on 12 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-109596 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: gohugoio hugo. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-109596/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-109596/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-109596","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-109596/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-109596","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109596","GHSA-38r7-h6rh-gjv9","GHSA-6c8w-mpp8-9w47","MINI-g6q6-rrc3-5j8v","MINI-j7f2-4254-c2jv","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109596"],"analysis":{"component_type":"developer_tool","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Static site generator","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can use malicious themes to expose local files outside the project root via symlink manipulation during site builds.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":6.7,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","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","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"description":"Hugo from v0.162.0 before v0.167.0 contains an improper link resolution vulnerability that lets malicious themes or modules expose files outside their root via nested-mount ancestor directories. Attackers controlling a theme can place a symlink or NTFS junction at a virtual ancestor directory, causing resources.Match to list and publish local files during builds.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Hugo from v0.162.0 before v0.167.0 Symlink File Disclosure via Nested Mount Ancestor","id":"CVE-2026-109596","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Hugo v0.60.0 before v0.167.0 Stored XSS via Table of Contents Heading IDs","id":"CVE-2026-109597"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Hugo v0.84.0 before v0.167.0 Path Traversal via js.Build ESBuild Resolver","id":"CVE-2026-109595"},"products":["hugo"],"published":"2026-10-12","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-14","vendors":["gohugoio"]},"summary":"Attackers can use malicious themes to expose local files outside the project root via symlink manipulation during site builds.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-109596/"}