What is CVE-2020-26284?

CVE-2020-26284 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gohugoio Hugo, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2020-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-26284?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

RCE in Gohugoio Hugo

CVE-2020-26284

Hugo is a fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built in Go. Hugo depends on Go's `os/exec` for certain features, e.g. for rendering of Pandoc documents if these binaries are found in the system `%PATH%` on Windows. In Hugo before versio…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.004 (61.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Gohugoio Hugo — versions < 0.79.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-8j34-9876-pvfq (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
github.com/golang/go/issues/38736 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-26284?: CVE-2020-26284 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gohugoio Hugo, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2020-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-26284?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.