Hugo is a static site generator. From v0.161.0, Hugo executes Node tools under Node's permission model, but TailwindCSS — included in the default security.exec.allow list — requires a highly permissive configuration (--allow-addons, --allow-child-process, --allow-worker). As a result, the restrictions intended by the fix for GHSA-x597-9fr4-5857 could still be bypassed, allowing a Node tool invoked during a build to read and write files outside the project's working directory. Affected versions are those after v0.43; the issue was fixed in v0.165.0 by removing tailwindcss from the default security.exec.allow list. Users who do not use TailwindCSS, or who only build trusted sites, are not affected. As a workaround, users can define a restrictive security.exec.allow list in hugo.toml.
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| Description | Hugo is a static site generator. From v0.161.0, Hugo executes Node tools under Node's permission model, but TailwindCSS — included in the default security.exec.allow list — requires a highly permissive configuration (--allow-addons, --allow-child-process, --allow-worker). As a result, the restrictions intended by the fix for GHSA-x597-9fr4-5857 could still be bypassed, allowing a Node tool invoked during a build to read and write files outside the project's working directory. Affected versions are those after v0.43; the issue was fixed in v0.165.0 by removing tailwindcss from the default security.exec.allow list. Users who do not use TailwindCSS, or who only build trusted sites, are not affected. As a workaround, users can define a restrictive security.exec.allow list in hugo.toml. | |
| Title | Hugo before v0.165.0 Insufficient Permission Restriction via TailwindCSS | |
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Gohugo
Gohugo hugo |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-250 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gohugo:hugo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Gohugo
Gohugo hugo |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-11T20:29:43.170Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T10:52:56.668Z
Link: CVE-2026-89259
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-11T12:16:56.480
Modified: 2026-09-11T12:16:56.480
Link: CVE-2026-89259
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Updated: 2026-09-11T15:00:14Z
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