[NEW] [medium] OpenTofu: Multiple vulnerabilities
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in OpenTofu to disclose information, manipulate data, and trigger a denial-of-service condition.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenTofu enable information disclosure, data manipulation, and denial of service.
- Who is affected
- Users and CI/CD pipelines deploying OpenTofu infrastructure-as-code tool.
- Urgency
- Medium; information disclosure and DoS require remediation but are not as critical as RCE.
- Action
- Apply updates to OpenTofu to address CVE-2024-58375, CVE-2026-74796, and CVE-2026-74797.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2864
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2024-583750.26% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 17% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-747960.23% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 14% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-747970.17% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 7% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-58375 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-74796 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-74797 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- lowCVE-2026-74797: OpenTofu versions before 1.11.4 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the tofu init com…nvd
- mediumCVE-2026-74796: OpenTofu before 1.11.7 fails to validate existing symlinks in the provider cache directory dur…nvd
- highCVE-2024-58375: OpenTofu versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.2 do not properly restrict sensitive variables and locals …nvd
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