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CVE-2024-0406: Mholt/archiver: path traversal vulnerability

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.92% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 60.5% of all records.
Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: hauler (openSUSE:Leap 16.0) 1.3.1-bp160.1.1; hauler (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 1.2.2-1.1; subfinder (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 2.7.0-2.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to hauler (openSUSE:Leap 16.0) 1.3.1-bp160.1.1; hauler (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 1.2.2-1.1; subfinder (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 2.7.0-2.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—Proof of concept Fix available

Published: Apr 6, 2024
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.9% · 60th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.9%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 7.8
CNA · redhat: 6.1; 1.7 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
mholt	archiver	cpe:2.3:a:mholt:archiver
redhat	advanced cluster security	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:advanced_cluster_security
redhat	openshift container platform	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

mholt archiver3.0.0 and later · before 4.0.0
redhat advanced cluster security3.0
redhat openshift container platform4.18 and later · before 4.18.4

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

github.com/mholt/archiver archiver
- v3.0.0 and lateraffected
- v4.0.0 and laternot affected
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3
- all versionsaffected
- all versionsaffected
- all versionsaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4
- all versionsunknown
- all versionsunknown
- all versionsunknown
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18
- v4.18.0-202503051333.p0.g22b273d.assembly.stream.el9 and laternot affected · rpm

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Go	github.com/mholt/archiver	from 0	—
Go	github.com/mholt/archiver	from 3.0.0 · up to and including 3.5.1	—
Go	github.com/mholt/archiver/v3	from 0	—
Go	github.com/mholt/archiver/v3	from 3.0.0 · up to and including 3.5.1	—
openSUSE:Leap 16.0	hauler	before 1.3.1-bp160.1.1	1.3.1-bp160.1.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweed	hauler	before 1.2.2-1.1	1.2.2-1.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweed	subfinder	before 2.7.0-2.1	2.7.0-2.1

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
opensuse:hauler	1.2.2-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed	Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:subfinder	2.7.0-2.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×2

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:5	2025-03-12
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:0	2025-03-29

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

PublishedApr 6, 2024
First PoCMar 12, 2025+339 d
TodayNov 2, 2026+940 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

Stefan Cornelius (Red Hat)

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
A user must open a link or visit a page.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC

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References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2449

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