CVE-2026-44301
Severity CVSS v4.0:
MEDIUM
Type:
CWE-22
Path Traversal
Publication date:
12/05/2026
Last modified:
12/05/2026
Description
Hugo is a static site generator. From 0.43 to before 0.161.0, when building a Hugo site that uses Node-based asset pipelines (PostCSS, Babel, TailwindCSS), Hugo invoked the configured Node tools without restrictions on file system access. As a result, executing hugo against an untrusted site could allow code running through these tools to read or write files outside the project's working directory. Users who do not use PostCSS, Babel, or TailwindCSS, or who only build trusted sites, are not affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.161.0.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
6.20
Severity 4.0
MEDIUM



