CVE-2026-101295: Oc-mirror: oc-mirror: path traversal / arbitrary file write in operator catalog image extraction

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-09-30 · updated 2026-10-30
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Path traversal / arbitrary file write in oc-mirror's operator catalog image extraction. When mirroring operator catalogs using either the legacy v1 path (--v1) or the OCI feature path (--use-oci-feature), oc-mirror extracts tar entries from catalog image layers without validating that file paths resolve within the intended destination directory.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-101295
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2522941
https://github.com/openshift/oc-mirror/blob/22a5722/v1/pkg/cli/mirror/catalog_images.go#L680
https://github.com/openshift/oc-mirror/blob/22a5722/v1/pkg/cli/mirror/fbc_operators.go#L334-L369

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