Description
Terragrunt is a flexible orchestration tool that allows Infrastructure as Code written in OpenTofu or Terraform to scale. Prior to 1.0.4, Terragrunt trusts paths decoded from a downloaded module's .terragrunt-module-manifest during fileManifest.Clean() in internal/util/file.go. A malicious or compromised external module can place absolute or traversal paths in the manifest, causing cleanup to delete files outside the module cache that are accessible to the Terragrunt process before OpenTofu or Terraform executes. This deletion-only primitive can remove local source code or configuration and disrupt CI/CD pipelines. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.4.
Published: 2026-08-21
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8394-6f8r-whxg Terragrunt: Arbitrary File Deletion via Malicious Module Manifest
History

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gruntwork-io
Gruntwork-io terragrunt
Vendors & Products Gruntwork-io
Gruntwork-io terragrunt

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Terragrunt is a flexible orchestration tool that allows Infrastructure as Code written in OpenTofu or Terraform to scale. Prior to 1.0.4, Terragrunt trusts paths decoded from a downloaded module's .terragrunt-module-manifest during fileManifest.Clean() in internal/util/file.go. A malicious or compromised external module can place absolute or traversal paths in the manifest, causing cleanup to delete files outside the module cache that are accessible to the Terragrunt process before OpenTofu or Terraform executes. This deletion-only primitive can remove local source code or configuration and disrupt CI/CD pipelines. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.4.
Title Terragrunt: Arbitrary File Deletion via Malicious Module Manifest
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Gruntwork-io Terragrunt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T14:23:16.006Z

Reserved: 2026-05-08T19:27:26.698Z

Link: CVE-2026-45099

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T14:23:12.234Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-21T21:16:59.403

Modified: 2026-08-25T15:16:32.377

Link: CVE-2026-45099

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-23T16:40:48Z

Weaknesses