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CVE-2023-4782
Terraform Allows Arbitrary File Write During Init Operation
Medium6.3EPSS 0.27%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- HashiCorp
Description
Terraform version 1.0.8 through 1.5.6 allows arbitrary file write during the `init` operation if run on maliciously crafted Terraform configuration. This vulnerability is fixed in Terraform 1.5.7.
Timeline
ID reserved
By HashiCorp
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 13 months later
· 13 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorpCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.27% · top 81% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/hashicorp/terraformGHSA-h626-pv66-hhm7 (opens in a new tab)
References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-h626-pv66-hhm7 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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