VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2025-5981

Arbitrary file write as the OSV-SCALIBR user on the host system via a path traversal vulnerability when using OSV-SCALIBR's unpack() function for container images.

MEDIUM 5.7EPSS 0.22%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Arbitrary file write as the OSV-SCALIBR user on the host system via a path traversal vulnerability when using OSV-SCALIBR's unpack() function for container images. Particularly, when using the CLI flag --remote-image on untrusted container images.

CVSS 4.0: 5.7 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS: 0.22% probability · 12th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-427, CWE-22
Affected: google/osv-scalibr
Source: cve-coordination@google.com

References

https://github.com/google/osv-scalibr/commit/2444419b1818c2d6917fc3394c947fb3276e9d59Patch
https://github.com/google/osv-scalibr/releases/tag/v0.1.8Release Notes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.