Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2026· Updated Sep 8, 2026
CVE-2026-74796
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.
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