Directory Traversal Affecting wolfictl package, versions <0.39.0-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-WOLFICTL-15423403
  • published5 Mar 2026
  • disclosed4 Feb 2026

Introduced: 4 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-24843  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi wolfictl to version 0.39.0-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wolfictl package and not the wolfictl package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. In version 0.11.3 to before 0.40.3, an attacker who can influence the tar stream from a QEMU guest VM could write files outside the intended workspace directory on the host. The retrieveWorkspace function extracts tar entries without validating that paths stay within the workspace, allowing path traversal via ../ sequences. This issue has been patched in version 0.40.3.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1