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title: "CVE-2024-3817: HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Argument Injection When Fetching Remote Default Git Branches"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-3817/
description: "CVE-2024-3817 (github.com/hashicorp/go-getter (Go)): HashiCorp’s go-getter library is vulnerable to argument injection when executing Git to discover remote…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-04-17
date_modified: 2024-08-01
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2024-3817"
kev: false
cvss: 9.8
epss: 0.01329
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2024-3817: HashiCorp go-getter Vulnerable to Argument Injection When Fetching Remote Default Git Branches

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 1.3% , percentile 71: FIRST’s model estimates a 1.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes github.com/hashicorp/go-getter (Go) >= 1.5.9, < 1.7.4, fixed in 1.7.4 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

HashiCorp’s go-getter library is vulnerable to argument injection when executing Git to discover remote branches. This vulnerability does not affect the go-getter/v2 branch and package.

## Affected packages

- Go `github.com/hashicorp/go-getter` >= 1.5.9, < 1.7.4 → fixed: 1.7.4

## Affected products (CVE record)

- HashiCorp Shared library: 1.5.9 < 1.7.3

## Severity

- HashiCorp CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact partial .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 1.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 71.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-q64h-39hv-4cf7](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q64h-39hv-4cf7)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-3817](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3817)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-3817](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3817)
- [discuss.hashicorp.com](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-09-hashicorp-go-getter-vulnerable-to-argument-injection-when-fetching-remote-default-git-branches/66040)
- [github.com](https://github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/commit/268c11cae8cf0d9374783e06572679796abe9ce9)

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