CVE-2026-24846

MEDIUM

5.5

Description

malcontent discovers supply-chain compromises through. context, differential analysis, and YARA. Starting in version 1.8.0 and prior to version 1.20.3, malcontent could be made to create symlinks outside the intended extraction directory when scanning a specially crafted tar or deb archive. The `handleSymlink` function received arguments in the wrong order, causing the symlink target to be used as the symlink location. Additionally, symlink targets were not validated to ensure they resolved within the extraction directory. Version 1.20.3 introduces fixes that swap handleSymlink arguments, validate symlink location, and validate symlink targets that resolve within an extraction directory.

Details CVE

Score CVSS v3.15.5

SeveriteMEDIUM

Vecteur CVSSCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Vecteur d'attaqueLOCAL

ComplexiteLOW

Privileges requisNONE

Interaction utilisateurREQUIRED

Publie1/29/2026

Derniere modification2/24/2026

Sourcenvd

Observations honeypot0

Produits affectes

chainguard:malcontent

Faiblesses (CWE)

CWE-22CWE-683

References

https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/commit/259fca5abc004f3ab238895463ef280a87f30e96(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/commit/a7dd8a5328ddbaf235568437813efa7591e00017(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/security/advisories/GHSA-923j-vrcg-hxwh(security-advisories@github.com)

Correlations IOC

Aucune correlation enregistree

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