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Sleuth Kit tsk_recover Path Traversal

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

The Sleuth Kit through 4.14.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in tsk_recover that allows an attacker to write files to arbitrary locations outside the intended recovery directory via crafted filenames or directory paths with path traversal sequences in a filesystem image. An attacker can craft a malicious filesystem image with embedded /../ sequences in filenames that, when processed by tsk_recover, writes files outside the output directory, potentially achieving code execution by overwriting shell configuration or cron entries.

Announced Group revision 1
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CVE-2026-40024

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-40024

sleuthkit

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "sleuthkit",
    "product": "sleuthkit",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.14.0"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "a3f96b3bc36a8bb1a00c297f77110d4a6e7dd31b",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-40024

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#7703 · Revision 1
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