CVE-2026-14978
Received Received - Intake

Unicode Normalization Bypass in go-slug

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-14978, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-08-19

Last updated on: 2026-08-19

Assigner: IBM Corporation

Description

HashiCorp go-slug 0.4.0 through 0.18.2 could allow a local attacker to bypass .terraformignore exclusions and cause sensitive files to be included in Terraform slug uploads due to improper handling of Unicode normalization during path matching.

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Published
2026-08-19
Last Modified
2026-08-19
Generated
2026-08-20
EPSS Evaluated
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hashicorp go_slug From 0.4.0 (inc) to 0.18.2 (inc)

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CWE ID Description
CWE-176 The product does not properly handle when an input contains Unicode encoding.

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