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CVE-2026-20613

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2026-20613 is a path traversal vulnerability affecting Apple container and containerization products, specifically within the ArchiveReader.extractContents() function. This flaw allows a malicious archive to extract files into arbitrary user-writable locations due to a lack of pathname validation. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:container:*:*:*:*:*:swift:*:*
< 0.21.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:containerization:*:*:*:*:*:swift:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 15th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

swiftpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/apple/containerizationFixed in: 0.21.0
swiftpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/apple/containerFixed in: 0.8.0
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

swiftGHSA-cq3j-qj2h-6rv3low

Container and Containerization archive extraction does not guard against escapes from extraction base directory.

Jan 22, 2026

References

github.com / apple/containerization/security/advisories/GHSA-cq3j-qj2h-6rv3
ExploitVendor Advisory