CVE-2026-14978: CWE-176 Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding in HashiCorp go-slug
HashiCorp go-slug 0.4.0 through 0.18.2 could allow a local attacker to bypass .terraformignore exclusions and cause sensitive files to be included in Terraform slug uploads due to improper handling of Unicode normalization during path matching.
CVE-2026-14978: CWE-176 Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding in HashiCorp go-slug
Description
HashiCorp go-slug 0.4.0 through 0.18.2 could allow a local attacker to bypass .terraformignore exclusions and cause sensitive files to be included in Terraform slug uploads due to improper handling of Unicode normalization during path matching.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.5medium
Affected software
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:go_slug:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:go_slug:0.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- ibm
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-07T16:52:26.760Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a861eacacd9273b49a412a0
Added to database: 08/19/2026, 21:22:52 UTC
Last updated: 08/19/2026, 21:22:52 UTC
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