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CVE-2026-55092: Trivy: Path traversal via a crafted vulnerability database or other downloaded artifacts
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-06-25 · updated 2026-10-25
- Weakness: CWE-22
Description
Trivy is a security scanner. Prior to 0.71.1, when Trivy downloads an OCI artifact, it uses the org.opencontainers.image.title annotation from the artifact manifest as the destination filename without validation. An attacker who can make Trivy fetch an attacker-controlled artifact can supply a crafted annotation that resolves to a path outside the intended destination, causing Trivy to write the layer content to an arbitrary location on the host filesystem. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.71.1.
Affected products
- aquasecurity trivy: before 0.71.1 — fixed in 0.71.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: aquasecurity trivy 0.71.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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