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Medium 5.5Published Oct 12, 2026

CVE-2026-109574Hugo before v0.167.0 Path Traversal via css.Sass Import Fallback

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

Hugo before v0.167.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in css.Sass that allows malicious themes or modules to read files outside the project root through the Sass compiler's import fallback. Attackers can ship stylesheets with relative, absolute, or symlinked @import or @use targets to compile readable files into the published site CSS.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
VulnCheck
NVD analysis
Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated
Oct 12, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 12, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
gohugoio hugo
gohugoio:hugo (from the name)
before 0.167.0; 0.167.0 not affected
CNA record

References

  • vendor-advisory
  • third-party-advisory

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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