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CVE-2026-24909
January 27, 2026
vlt before 1.0.0-rc.10 mishandles path sanitization for tar, leading to path traversal during extraction.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/vltpkg/vltpkg.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.0.0-1 <v1.0.0-rc.10
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.0.0-rc.10
@vltpkg/tar (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.0-0.1730239248325 <1.0.0-rc.10
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.0.0-rc.10
vlt (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.0-0.1727464479666 <1.0.0-rc.10
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.0.0-rc.10
Related Resources (7)
https://github.com/vltpkg/vltpkg/commit/ff8d4099a1929772cea2adf131285e90ede6b0dd
https://www.scworld.com/news/six-javascript-zero-day-bugs-lead-to-fears-of-supply-chain-attack
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24909
https://github.com/vltpkg/vltpkg/pull/1334
https://github.com/vltpkg/vltpkg/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.10
https://github.com/vltpkg/vltpkg
https://www.koi.ai/blog/packagegate-6-zero-days-in-js-package-managers-but-npm-wont-act
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.9
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Relative Path Traversal
CWE-23
EPSS
Base Score:
0.01