CVE-2026-74796
MEDIUM
NVD
CVSS Score
6.1
Severity
MEDIUM
Published
Aug 16, 2026
Vendor
unknown
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.