Vulnerability · Published Sep 29, 2026 · Assigned by Google
CVE-2026-102252Path Traversal in VMDK Extractor in OSV-SCALIBR
Medium 6.9
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in OSV-SCALIBR from Google. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 0% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) in the embedded VMDK filesystem extractor in Google OSV-SCALIBR versions 0.3.6 through 0.5.0 allows an attacker who controls the scan target to write arbitrary files to the host system. When scanning crafted VMDK images, insufficient validation of archive path entries allows file extractions to escape destination directories.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| OSV-SCALIBR | 0.3.6 – before 0.5.1 |
Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-23 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N