Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-63328Trivy: Path Traversal in Trivy Plugin Manager Allows Arbitrary File Write
Medium 6.8
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in trivy from aquasecurity. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Trivy is a security scanner. Prior to 0.72.0, plugin manifest metadata is used by pkg/plugin/manager.go to construct paths under ~/.trivy/plugins without confining plugin names to that root, allowing an attacker who persuades a user to install or run a malicious plugin to write the manifest and plugin binary to arbitrary user-writable paths, while plugins from the official Trivy plugin index are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 0.72.0.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/aquasecurity/trivy | 0.72.0 | GHSA-8rc5-4fr6-64pw |
| Go | github.com/aquasecurity/trivy | 0.72.0 | GO-2026-6250 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| aquasecurity | trivy | < 0.72.0 |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N