CVE-2024-0406 (GCVE-0-2024-0406)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-06 16:11 – Updated: 2025-11-20 18:08
VLAI?
Title
Mholt/archiver: path traversal vulnerability
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.
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')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Affected: v3.0.0 , < * (custom)
Unaffected: v4.0.0 , < * (custom)
    Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Unaffected: v4.18.0-202503051333.p0.g22b273d.assembly.stream.el9 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.18::el9
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    Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3     cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_cluster_security:3
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    Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3     cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_cluster_security:3
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    Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3     cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_cluster_security:3
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    Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4     cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_cluster_security:4
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    Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4     cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_cluster_security:4
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    Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4     cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_cluster_security:4
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Credits
This issue was discovered by Stefan Cornelius (Red Hat).
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