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CVE-2026-32637 (GCVE-0-2026-32637)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-25 21:15 – Updated: 2026-08-28 22:38

Title

Velero vulnerable to file path traversal when extracting from backup's tarball

Summary

Velero is an open source tool for backing up, restoring, and migrating Kubernetes cluster resources and persistent volumes. Prior to 1.18.1, an attacker who compromises the backup object-storage backend can upload a malicious backup tarball containing parent-directory paths that escape the extraction directory during restore and overwrite sensitive files in the Velero pod filesystem. This issue is fixed in version 1.18.1.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-28 22:38 UTC

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7552 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/velero-io/velero/security/advi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/securego/gosec/issues/324	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/velero-io/velero/commit/3f8e35…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/velero-io/velero/commit/c7fa4b…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
velero-io	velero	Affected: < 1.18.1	guessed

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CLEANSTART-2026-ZM91804 (CVE-2026-32637)

Vulnerability from cleanstart – Published: 2026-09-18 09:22 – Updated: 2026-10-09 07:14 – Source website

Summary

Security fix for CVE-2026-32637 applied in: velero-plugin-for-aws 1.11.1-r9, velero-plugin-for-aws 1.13.2-r6, velero-plugin-for-aws 1.14.2-r1

Details

CVE-2026-32637 affects multiple packages. This issue is resolved in later releases. See references for individual vulnerability details.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

References

URL

Type

	https://github.com/cleanstart-dev/cleanstart-secu…	ADVISORY
	https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32637	WEB
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32637	WEB

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FKIE_CVE-2026-32637

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-25 22:17 - Updated: 2026-09-09 21:09

Severity

5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/securego/gosec/issues/324
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/velero-io/velero/commit/3f8e3588496391979915ace065f732a9013c1cf0
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/velero-io/velero/commit/c7fa4bfe3571667e9731f3f504da3c6be709a24c
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/velero-io/velero/security/advisories/GHSA-j2g6-362q-6qc6

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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      "value": "Velero is an open source tool for backing up, restoring, and migrating Kubernetes cluster resources and persistent volumes. Prior to 1.18.1, an attacker who compromises the backup object-storage backend can upload a malicious backup tarball containing parent-directory paths that escape the extraction directory during restore and overwrite sensitive files in the Velero pod filesystem. This issue is fixed in version 1.18.1."
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GHSA-J2G6-362Q-6QC6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-20 17:26 – Updated: 2026-08-20 17:26

Summary

Velero vulnerable to file path traversal when extracting from backup's tarball

Details

Impact

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted? If the attacker compromises the backup's object storage backend and uploads a malicious backup tarball including file names like the following: * ../../../tmp/escape_1 -> file created at /tmp/escape_1 * ../../../../../../../../tmp/escape_2 -> file created at /tmp/escape_2 * ../../../tmp/cron_poc -> would be /etc/cron.d/backdoor in real attack * ../../../tmp/ssh_poc -> would be ~/.ssh/authorized_keys * ../../../tmp/kubeconfig_poc -> would be ~/.kube/config

It's possible that extracting files from the tarball during restore can overwrite sensitive files in the Velero pod filesystem.

Patches

Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?

By far, there is no patch yet. We are working on the main branch, then cherry-pick to the release-1.18 for v1.18.1 patch.

Workarounds

Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?

There is no workaround, but the good news is that keeping your OSS safe will prevent the vulnerability.

Severity

6.9 (Medium)


                  
                    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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        "name": "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero"
      },
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          "events": [
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-08-20T17:26:07Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n_What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?_\nIf the attacker compromises the backup\u0027s object storage backend and uploads a malicious backup tarball including file names like the following:\n* ../../../tmp/escape_1              -\u003e file created at /tmp/escape_1\n* ../../../../../../../../tmp/escape_2 -\u003e file created at /tmp/escape_2\n* ../../../tmp/cron_poc              -\u003e would be /etc/cron.d/backdoor in real attack\n* ../../../tmp/ssh_poc               -\u003e would be ~/.ssh/authorized_keys\n* ../../../tmp/kubeconfig_poc        -\u003e would be ~/.kube/config\n\nIt\u0027s possible that extracting files from the tarball during restore can overwrite sensitive files in the Velero pod filesystem. \n\n### Patches\n_Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?_\n\nBy far, there is no patch yet.\nWe are working on the main branch, then cherry-pick to the release-1.18 for v1.18.1 patch.\n\n### Workarounds\n_Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_\n\nThere is no workaround, but the good news is that keeping your OSS safe will prevent the vulnerability.",
  "id": "GHSA-j2g6-362q-6qc6",
  "modified": "2026-08-20T17:26:08Z",
  "published": "2026-08-20T17:26:07Z",
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    }
  ],
  "summary": "Velero vulnerable to file path traversal when extracting from backup\u0027s tarball"
}

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