Uncontrolled Search Path Element Affecting github.com/google/osv-scalibr/artifact/image/layerscanning/image package, versions <0.2.1
Threat Intelligence
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- published18 Jun 2025
- disclosed18 Jun 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 18 Jun 2025
CVE-2025-5981 Â (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade github.com/google/osv-scalibr/artifact/image/layerscanning/image to version 0.2.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Search Path Element via the unpack() function, when using the CLI flag --remote-image on untrusted container images. An attacker can write arbitrary files to the host system. This allows the attacker to create or overwrite files outside of the intended directory.