GO-2024-2698

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    GO-2024-2698

    Published: 5 Jun 2024Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Archiver Path Traversal vulnerability in github.com/mholt/archiver

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rhh4-rh7c-7r5v, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0406, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257749

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/mholt/archiver

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/mholt/archiver

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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