Resource exhaustion in trivy - CVE-2026-54448
Published: June 15, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU134534
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-54448
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Aqua Security
Affected software:
trivy
trivy
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in the Helm chart archive parser when processing a crafted Helm chart archive. A local user can place a specially crafted .tgz file in a scanned path to cause a denial of service.
Exploitation requires that the crafted archive be placed in a location that Trivy scans as a Helm chart.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-54448
Install security update from vendor's website.