CVE-2026-73030

Publication date 10 August 2026

Last updated 30 September 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1 · High

Score breakdown

Description

unearth through 0.18.2, fixed in commit 6c78164, contains a path traversal vulnerability in the is_within_directory function that fails to normalize paths before validation, allowing ../ sequences to bypass directory containment checks. Attackers can supply malicious tar archives with symlink members or traversal sequences to write files to arbitrary filesystem locations accessible to the process.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
unearth 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 7.2 · High

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Base score 8.1 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H


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