CVE-2026-20613

Published: Jan 22, 2026Updated: Jan 27, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-22

7.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

The ArchiveReader.extractContents() function used by cctl image load and container image load performs no pathname validation before extracting an archive member. This means that a carelessly or maliciously constructed archive can extract a file into any user-writable location on the system using relative pathnames. This issue is addressed in container 0.8.0 and containerization 0.21.0.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

Apple

commercial·USaka apple inc., apple computer

aka github.com/apple/swift-nio-http2, github.com/pytorch/executorch, swift-nio-http2, github.com/vapor/vapor

github.com/apple/containerizationLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

github.com/apple/containerLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

https://github.com/apple/containerization/security/advisories/GHSA-cq3j-qj2h-6rv3

github.com

https://github.com/apple/containerization/commit/3e93416b9a6d7b4c25fff7e9dea22a9ca687ee52

github.com

https://github.com/apple/containerization

github.com

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