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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Advisories
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GHSA-x597-9fr4-5857 | Hugo's Node tool execution allows file system access outside the project directory |
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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 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-12T21:37:52.825Z
Reserved: 2026-05-05T17:39:31.113Z
Link: CVE-2026-44301
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-12T22:16:36.843
Modified: 2026-05-12T22:16:36.843
Link: CVE-2026-44301
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-05-13T00:45:26Z
Weaknesses
Github GHSA