lowCVSS 3.1Vulnerability

GHSA-r92c-9c7f-3pj8

### Impact Unauthenticated denial of service. ### Summary When installing module packages from attacker-controlled sources, `tofu init` may cause high CPU usage when encountering maliciously-crafted `.zip` archives for either provider or module distribution packages. Those who depend on modules or providers served from untrusted third-party servers may experience denial of service due to `tofu init` failing to complete in a timely manner. Other processes running on the same computer as OpenTofu may also have their performance degraded due to the high CPU usage. These vulnerabilities **do not** permit arbitrary code execution or allow disclosure of confidential information. ### Details OpenTofu relies on a third-party implementation of `.zip` archive extraction from the standard library of the Go programming language. The Go project has recently published a minor release (Go 1.25.6) to address a problem of potential excessive CPU usage when accessing files in a maliciously-crafted `.zip` archive. OpenTofu's threat model considers module and package dependencies to be arbitrary third-party code that operators must carefully review after installation. However, this particular problem affects the process of installing these dependencies with `tofu init`, and so can potentially occur before an operator has had the opportunity to review what is being installed. An attacker can exploit this by controlling the content of a package served when OpenTofu is expecting to receive a archive using the `.zip` format, during either provider or module package installation. However, the attacker must also coerce an OpenTofu operator into attempting dependency installation from a source that they control. Typical use of OpenTofu already requires caution in selection of third-party dependencies because they are arbitrary code, and so the vulnerability here is only in the addition of a potential denial of service in the `tofu init` process, which does not execute third-party depe

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-r92c-9c7f-3pj8
summary
OpenTofu has High CPU usage in "tofu init" with maliciously-crafted module packages in .zip format
severity
low
cvss_score
3.1
cve_id
GHSA-r92c-9c7f-3pj8
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-01-21T22:58:42Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r92c-9c7f-3pj8
ghsa_updated
2026-02-03T20:24:00Z

Related Entities (3)

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]go/github.com/opentofu/opentofu

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component

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