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Medium 5.9Published Jan 27, 2026
CVE-2026-24909vlt before 1.0.0-rc.10 mishandles path sanitization for tar, leading to path traversal during extraction.
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vlt before 1.0.0-rc.10 mishandles path sanitization for tar, leading to path traversal during extraction.
- CVSS
- 5.9 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-23
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Jan 28, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
vlt vlt vlt:vlt (from the name) | before 1.0.0-rc.10 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.scworld.com/news/six-javascript-zero-day-bugs-lead-to-fears-of-supply-chain-attack
- https://github.com/vltpkg/vltpkg/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.10
- https://github.com/vltpkg/vltpkg/pull/1334
- https://www.koi.ai/blog/packagegate-6-zero-days-in-js-package-managers-but-npm-wont-act
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