OpenTofu versions before 1.11.4 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the tofu init command when processing maliciously-crafted .zip archives for provider or module packages. Attackers can cause excessive CPU usage by controlling .zip archive content served during dependency installation, degrading system performance and preventing timely completion of the init process.
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| Description | OpenTofu versions before 1.11.4 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the tofu init command when processing maliciously-crafted .zip archives for provider or module packages. Attackers can cause excessive CPU usage by controlling .zip archive content served during dependency installation, degrading system performance and preventing timely completion of the init process. | |
| Title | OpenTofu before 1.11.4 Denial of Service via malicious zip | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-400 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-08-16T13:14:19.060Z
Reserved: 2026-08-16T12:59:42.223Z
Link: CVE-2026-74797
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-16T14:16:57.930
Modified: 2026-08-16T14:16:57.930
Link: CVE-2026-74797
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