CVE-2026-63134Malcolm's Path Traversal in Archive Extraction Allows Arbitrary Directory Creation
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Malcolm is a network traffic analysis tool suite. Prior to version 26.07.0, `safe-extract.py` protects file extraction with libarchive's secure flags, but creates directory entries with a raw `os.makedirs(os.path.join(dest, entry.pathname))` that has no traversal protection. An uploaded malicious archive containing a directory entry with a `../` sequence or an absolute path causes the filebeat processing container to create directories outside the intended extraction directory. Version 26.07.0 fixes the issue.
- CVSS
- 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 2, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
cisagov Malcolm cisagov:malcolm (from the name) | before 26.07.0; 26.07.0 not affected | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/cisagov/Malcolm/security/advisories/GHSA-65mm-vgrw-vqx4x-refsource-confirm
- https://github.com/cisagov/Malcolm/releases/tag/v26.07.0x-refsource-misc
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-230-01
- https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-230-01.json
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