CVE-2026-24843 is a path traversal vulnerability affecting Chainguard Melange versions 0.11.3 through 0.40.2. An attacker with influence over a QEMU guest VM's tar stream could write files outside the intended workspace on the host system due to insufficient path validation during tar extraction. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.4, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to high impact on integrity and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.11.3, < 0.40.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:chainguard:melange:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
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