Sleuth Kit tsk_recover Path Traversal (sleuthkit sleuthkit)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.20 % · percentile 10 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
The Sleuth Kit through 4.14.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in tsk_recover that allows an attacker to write files to arbitrary locations outside the intended recovery directory via crafted filenames or directory paths with path traversal sequences in a filesystem image. An attacker can craft a malicious filesystem image with embedded /../ sequences in filenames that, when processed by tsk_recover, writes files outside the output directory, potentially achieving code execution by overwriting shell configuration or cron entries.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | VulnCheck |
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · disclosure@vulncheck.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · disclosure@vulncheck.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-20759
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-40024
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0428 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Microsoft · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:sleuthkit:the_sleuth_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 4.15.0
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| sleuthkit · sleuthkit | affected 0 ≤ 4.14.0 ; unaffected a3f96b3bc36a8bb1a00c297f77110d4a6e7dd31b |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |