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CVE-2026-24846

malcontent's archive extraction could write outside extraction directory

Published: Jan 29, 2026Updated: Feb 24, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-22
5.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

malcontent vulnerable to symlink Path Traversal via handleSymlink argument confusion in archive extraction

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-22CWE-683

Affected Products

Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent
OSS Libraries
chainguard-dev
commercialaka chainguard.dev
malcontentMixed
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
chainguard
oss-project
malcontentMixed
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
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References

https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/security/advisories/GHSA-923j-vrcg-hxwh
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24846
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/commit/259fca5abc004f3ab238895463ef280a87f30e96
github.com
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