01 Record
CVE-2026-24909
vlt before 1.0.0-rc.10 mishandles path sanitization for tar, leading to path traversal during extraction.
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score5.9 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
02 Description
vlt before 1.0.0-rc.10 mishandles path sanitization for tar, leading to path traversal during extraction.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 8.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-01-27 22:14Z9 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-01-28 21:18Z9 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-01-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-23Relative Path TraversalBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 786d24dfb34ccaafdb3915de90c7a13caaa67207a8abef789f441c5f433e9f04
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.scworld.comhttps://www.scworld.com/news/six-javascript-zero-day-bugs-lead-to-fears-of-supply-chain-attack
- github.comhttps://github.com/vltpkg/vltpkg/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.10
- github.comhttps://github.com/vltpkg/vltpkg/pull/1334
- www.koi.aihttps://www.koi.ai/blog/packagegate-6-zero-days-in-js-package-managers-but-npm-wont-act