CVE-2026-74796

Description

OpenTofu before 1.11.7 fails to validate existing symlinks in the provider cache directory during initialization. Attackers can place a malicious symlink in a trusted working directory to cause tofu init to write provider package contents to arbitrary filesystem locations outside the working tree.

CVSS Vector

References

• https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/security/advisories/GHSA-wcmj-x466-56mm
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opentofu-before-symlink-following-path-traversal