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CVE-2026-24909

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-23

Description

vlt before 1.0.0-rc.10 mishandles path sanitization for tar, leading to path traversal during extraction.

Affected products

• vlt: before 1.0.0-rc.10 — fixed in 1.0.0-rc.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: vlt 1.0.0-rc.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/vltpkg/vltpkg/pull/1334
• https://github.com/vltpkg/vltpkg/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.10
• https://www.koi.ai/blog/packagegate-6-zero-days-in-js-package-managers-but-npm-wont-act
• https://www.scworld.com/news/six-javascript-zero-day-bugs-lead-to-fears-of-supply-chain-attack

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