CVE-2023-32676

high

Description

Autolab is a course management service that enables auto-graded programming assignments. A Tar slip vulnerability was found in the Install assessment functionality of Autolab. To exploit this vulnerability an authenticated attacker with instructor permissions needs to upload a specially crafted Tar file. Using the install assessment functionality an attacker can feed a Tar file that contain files with paths pointing outside of the target directory (e.g., `../../../../tmp/tarslipped1.sh`). When the Install assessment form is submitted the files inside of the archives are expanded to the attacker-chosen locations. This issue has been addressed in version 2.11.0. Users are advised to upgrade.

References

https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-081_GHSL-2023-082_Autolab/

https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/security/advisories/GHSA-x9hj-r9q4-832c

https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/commit/14f508484a8323eceb0cf3a128573b43eabbc80d

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-05-26

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00826