CVE-2026-14978

mediumCVSS 5.5covered by 2 sourcesfirst seen 2026-08-19

A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Hashicorp Terraform to bypass security measures and disclose information.

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What: Local attacker can bypass security measures and disclose information in Terraform.
Who is affected: Local users on systems running affected Terraform versions.
Urgency: Medium; requires local access and no active exploitation reported.
Action: Update Terraform to patched version addressing CVE-2026-14978.

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Low exploitation risk0.12% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 2% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

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