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SCA: security update for @vltpkg/tar (GHSA-gf2c-jwcj-x929)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437344

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - vlt before 1.0.0-rc.10 mishandles path sanitization for tar, leading to path traversal during extraction.
 (CVE-2026-24909)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gf2c-jwcj-x929

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 437344

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/28/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 51.27

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-24909

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-24909

cwe: CWE-23