CVE-2026-24909

5.9 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (5.9). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in @vltpkg/tar 1.0.0-rc.10.

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

Severity

5.9 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 9% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-23
Published: 2026-01-27
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Advisory	Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
GHSA-gf2c-jwcj-x929	npm	@vltpkg/tar	<1.0.0-rc.10	1.0.0-rc.10