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CVE-2024-0406 — A flaw was discovered in the mholt/archiver package

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 a

CVSS
6.1 MEDIUM
EPSS
17.29% (top 5.00%)
CWE
CWE-22
Published
2024-04-06T16:11:02.643Z
Last modified
2025-11-20T18:08:52.704Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
??v3.0.0, v4.0.0
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18v4.18.0-202503051333.p0.g22b273d.assembly.stream.el9
Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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