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.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-x597-9fr4-5857 Hugo's Node tool execution allows file system access outside the project directory
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Wed, 13 May 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 13 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Gohugo
Gohugo hugo
Vendors & Products Gohugo
Gohugo hugo

Tue, 12 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Hugo: Node tool execution allows file system access outside the project directory
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-13T12:13:13.152Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T17:39:31.113Z

Link: CVE-2026-44301

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T12:13:01.470Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-12T22:16:36.843

Modified: 2026-05-13T18:14:48.583

Link: CVE-2026-44301

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T09:45:09Z

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