CVE-2024-0406

Mholt/archiver: path traversal vulnerability

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 6, 2024 at 04:11 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:53 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsOpenShift Container PlatformAdvanced Cluster SecurityArchiver

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.0.0 ≤ v < 4.0.0
Affected range stops below 4.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 4 (unaffected)
4.18 ≤ v < 4.18.4
Affected range stops below 4.18.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in v4.18.0-202503051333.p0.g22b273d.assembly.stream.el9 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2449
VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0406
Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257749

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
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