# CVE-2026-88922

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-88922
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 6.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-281
- **Published:** Sep 15, 2026
- **Last Modified:** Sep 15, 2026

## Description

The go-getter library up to versions 1.8.8 and 2.2.3 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation issue in its archive decompression handling that may allow a crafted archive to cause extracted files to be created with elevated permission bits. Where extraction is performed by a privileged user, this may allow a local actor to obtain the privileges of the extracting process. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-88922) is fixed in go-getter 1.8.9 and 2.2.4.

## Affected Products

- HashiCorp — Shared library (1.0.1)

## References

- [CNA](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-39-go-getter-vulnerable-to-a-privilege-escalation-issue-in-its-archive-decompression-handling/77752)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.09%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 0.4

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._