Description
An interface that accepts file uploads from authenticated users extracts the contents of uploaded archives without validating that extracted file paths remain within the intended destination directory. This allows an authenticated attacker to craft an archive whose entries traverse outside the destination directory, causing the extraction process to write files to arbitrary locations with the privileges of that process. This could allow an attacker to inject fabricated records into the system's stored data or tamper with application configuration.
Published: 2026-09-11
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

The latest version of Malcolm (September 2026 or later) fixes these vulnerabilities. Affected users are encouraged to update their instance of Malcolm to the latest version.

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History

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Title Malcolm Archive Extraction Enables Arbitrary File Write by Authenticated Users

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Title Malcolm Archive Extraction Enables Arbitrary File Write by Authenticated Users

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Title Authenticated Path Traversal via Archive Extraction in Malcolm

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:15:00 +0000

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Title Authenticated Path Traversal via Archive Extraction in Malcolm

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 03:00:00 +0000

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Title Authenticated Path Traversal via Archive Extraction in Malcolm

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Cisagov
Cisagov malcolm
Vendors & Products Cisagov
Cisagov malcolm

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Title Authenticated Path Traversal via Archive Extraction in Malcolm

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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Title Directory Traversal via Archive Extraction in Malcolm

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000

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Title Directory Traversal via Archive Extraction in Malcolm

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Title Authenticated Archive Extraction Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary File Writes

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000

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Title Authenticated Archive Extraction Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary File Writes

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Description An interface that accepts file uploads from authenticated users extracts the contents of uploaded archives without validating that extracted file paths remain within the intended destination directory. This allows an authenticated attacker to craft an archive whose entries traverse outside the destination directory, causing the extraction process to write files to arbitrary locations with the privileges of that process. This could allow an attacker to inject fabricated records into the system's stored data or tamper with application configuration.
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T13:00:30.953Z

Reserved: 2026-09-11T21:00:07.497Z

Link: CVE-2026-90445

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-14T12:57:28.772Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-11T22:16:46.510

Modified: 2026-09-14T13:19:28.427

Link: CVE-2026-90445

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T21:00:17Z

Weaknesses