CVE-2024-0406 (GCVE-0-2024-0406)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-04-06 16:11
Modified
2025-11-20 18:08
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
A flaw was discovered in the mholt/archiver package. This flaw allows an attacker to create a specially crafted tar file, which, when unpacked, may allow access to restricted files or directories. This issue can allow the creation or overwriting of files with the user's or application's privileges using the library.
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Version: v3.0.0   < *
Patch: v4.0.0   < *
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Unaffected: v4.18.0-202503051333.p0.g22b273d.assembly.stream.el9   < *
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