CVE-2026-63134
Published:August 11, 2026
Updated:September 01, 2026
Malcolm is a network traffic analysis tool suite. Prior to version 26.07.0, "safe-extract.py" protects file extraction with libarchive's secure flags, but creates directory entries with a raw "os.makedirs(os.path.join(dest, entry.pathname))" that has no traversal protection. An uploaded malicious archive containing a directory entry with a "../" sequence or an absolute path causes the filebeat processing container to create directories outside the intended extraction directory. Version 26.07.0 fixes the issue.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/cisagov/Malcolm.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.2.0 <v26.07.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v26.07.0Related Resources (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.26