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Status published
Medium
CVE-2025-5981
Arbitrary File write in OSV-SCALIBR
Vulnerability Description
Arbitrary file write as the OSV-SCALIBR user on the host system via a path traversal vulnerability when using OSV-SCALIBR's unpack() function for container images. Particularly, when using the CLI flag --remote-image on untrusted container images.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Anthony Weems of Google's Cloud Vulnerability Research team
- Simon Scannell of Google's Cloud Vulnerability Research team
- Stefan Schiller of Google's Cloud Vulnerability Research team
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
osv-scalibr
Vulnerable Versions:
0.1.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 18th, 2025
Last Modified:
June 18th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026