Import references should not be able to reference the import target

.changes/v1.12/BUG FIXES-20250331-150802.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+kind: BUG FIXES
+body: for_each expressions in import blocks should not be able to reference the import target
+time: 2025-03-31T15:08:02.156881+02:00
+custom:
+    Issue: "36672"

internal/terraform/context_plan_import_test.go

@@ -1890,3 +1890,39 @@ output "foo" {
 		t.Errorf("should have reported the cycle to contain the target resource, but got %s", got)
 	}
 }
+
+// https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/36672
+func TestContext2Plan_importSelfReferenceInForEach(t *testing.T) {
+	m := testModuleInline(t, map[string]string{
+		"main.tf": `
+			resource "test_resource" "a" {
+				count = 2
+			}
+
+			import {
+				# the block references the same resource it is importing into
+				for_each = { for _, v in test_resource.a : v => v }
+				to = test_resource.a[each.key]
+				id = concat("importable-", each.key)
+			}
+`,
+	})
+
+	p := testProvider("test")
+	ctx := testContext2(t, &ContextOpts{
+		Providers: map[addrs.Provider]providers.Factory{
+			addrs.NewDefaultProvider("test"): testProviderFuncFixed(p),
+		},
+	})
+	diags := ctx.Validate(m, &ValidateOpts{})
+
+	// We're expecting exactly one diag, which is the self-reference error.
+	if len(diags) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected one diag, got %d: %s", len(diags), diags.ErrWithWarnings())
+	}
+
+	got, want := diags.Err().Error(), "Invalid for_each argument: The for_each expression cannot reference the resource being imported."
+	if cmp.Diff(want, got) != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error\n%s", cmp.Diff(want, got))
+	}
+}

internal/terraform/node_resource_validate.go

@@ -577,6 +577,11 @@ func (n *NodeValidatableResource) validateImportTargets(ctx EvalContext) tfdiags
 		}
 
 		if imp.Config.ForEach != nil {
+			diags = diags.Append(validateImportForEachRef(n.Addr.Resource, imp.Config.ForEach))
+			if diags.HasErrors() {
+				return diags
+			}
+
 			forEachData, _, forEachDiags := newForEachEvaluator(imp.Config.ForEach, ctx, true).ImportValues()
 			diags = diags.Append(forEachDiags)
 			if forEachDiags.HasErrors() {

internal/terraform/validate_selfref.go

@@ -95,6 +95,17 @@ func validateImportSelfRef(addr addrs.Resource, expr hcl.Expression) tfdiags.Dia
 	})
 }
 
+func validateImportForEachRef(addr addrs.Resource, expr hcl.Expression) tfdiags.Diagnostics {
+	return validateSelfRefFromExprInner(addr, expr, func(ref *addrs.Reference) *hcl.Diagnostic {
+		return &hcl.Diagnostic{
+			Severity: hcl.DiagError,
+			Summary:  "Invalid for_each argument",
+			Detail:   "The for_each expression cannot reference the resource being imported.",
+			Subject:  ref.SourceRange.ToHCL().Ptr(),
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 // validateSelfRefFromExprInner is a helper function that takes an address and
 // an expression and returns diagnostics for self-references in the expression.
 //