CVE-2026-71493
Infracost: Arbitrary file read via config-template readFile symlink traversal
Description
Infracost provides cloud cost intelligence for engineers, AI coding agents, and CI/CD. Prior to 0.10.45, the readFile, pathExists, isDir, and matchPaths template functions in internal/config/template/parser.go use a lexical filepath.Rel check and a leaf-only os.Lstat check that do not resolve an intermediate directory symlink. A repository can contain a path such as evil/file where evil points outside the checkout, causing os.ReadFile and related operations to follow the symlink and read runner-accessible files. The resulting content is rendered into generated configuration and can be surfaced through the Infracost dashboard or pull request comment, with greater impact in workflows that provide repository secrets. This issue is fixed in version 0.10.45.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 21, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 21, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update Infracost to version 0.10.45.
- Review configuration for symlink usage.
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Aug. 21, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Affected [{'vendor': 'infracost', 'product': 'infracost', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '< 0.10.45'}]}] Added Description Infracost provides cloud cost intelligence for engineers, AI coding agents, and CI/CD. Prior to 0.10.45, the readFile, pathExists, isDir, and matchPaths template functions in internal/config/template/parser.go use a lexical filepath.Rel check and a leaf-only os.Lstat check that do not resolve an intermediate directory symlink. A repository can contain a path such as evil/file where evil points outside the checkout, causing os.ReadFile and related operations to follow the symlink and read runner-accessible files. The resulting content is rendered into generated configuration and can be surfaced through the Infracost dashboard or pull request comment, with greater impact in workflows that provide repository secrets. This issue is fixed in version 0.10.45. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Added CWE CWE-22 Added CWE CWE-59 Added Reference https://github.com/infracost/infracost/commit/4d39331afc0e27752d16d9d91c34583e5e8487fb Added Reference https://github.com/infracost/infracost/pull/3586 Added Reference https://github.com/infracost/infracost/releases/tag/v0.10.45 Added Reference https://github.com/infracost/infracost/security/advisories/GHSA-mmg6-4qmv-6pc8