CVE-2026-58403

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 76% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Hugo is a static site generator. From v0.123.0 through v0.163.0, Hugo's virtual filesystem is designed so that files under a mount cannot reach outside the mount tree, but a regression caused RootMappingFs.statRoot to call Stat, which follows symlinks, instead of Lstat, so a direct os.ReadFile "somefile" where somefile was a symlink pointing outside the mount would return the target's contents. This effectively let a symlink planted inside a theme or local mount read arbitrary files reachable to the user running hugo. This issue is fixed in v0.163.1.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
24%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 6, 2026

Last Modified

July 8, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jul 7, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_pr, github_release, github.
github Patch Available

Symlink confinement bypass in os.ReadFile · Advisory · gohugoio/hugo · GitHub

https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-c3wq-j5vh-68rc
github_release Patch Available

v0.163.1

Patch available: gohugoio/hugo v0.163.1

https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.163.1
github_pr

Misc adjustments

Fix merged in gohugoio/hugo PR #15020 on 2026-06-10 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/pull/15020
github_commit

commit cf9c8f93ca2a (gohugoio/hugo)

Fix landed in gohugoio/hugo commit cf9c8f93ca2a — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/cf9c8f93ca2a2838ce378f9e36d052ac2f79e229

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
github.com/gohugoio/hugo—0.163.1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 42× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-27 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-27 11:45 UTCEG score recompute
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  12. 2026-07-23 03:21 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-07-08 17:49 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.60
  11. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-08 04:32 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 6.5
  14. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-07-06 19:46 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-06 19:44 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-58403?
CVE-2026-58403 is a medium vulnerability published on July 6, 2026. Hugo is a static site generator. From v0.123.0 through v0.163.0, Hugo's virtual filesystem is designed so that files under a mount cannot reach outside the mount tree, but a regression caused RootMappingFs.statRoot to call Stat, which follows symlinks, instead of Lstat, so a direct os.ReadFile…
When was CVE-2026-58403 disclosed?
CVE-2026-58403 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 6, 2026, with the most recent update on July 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-58403 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-58403 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 75.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-58403?
CVE-2026-58403 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-58403?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-58403, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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