CVE detail
CVE-2026-19589
Packer up to 1.15.4 is vulnerable to an issue in the third-party plugin installer that may allow unintended file system modification and could lead to code execution. A user who installs a plugin from a malicious or compromised source may be affected. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-19589) is fixed in Packer 1.16.0.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 1
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 1
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
1 source links · newest first
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-29-packer-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-write-via-crafted-plugin-archive-during-installation/77654discuss.hashicorp.com
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Vendor Advisorydiscuss.hashicorp.comAug 17, 2026, 9:16 PM
Exploit code
Public exploit repository references
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