Path traversal in trivy - CVE-2026-55092
Published: June 15, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU134535
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-55092
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to write arbitrary files on the host filesystem.
The vulnerability exists due to path traversal in OCI artifact download handling when processing a crafted artifact manifest annotation. A remote user can supply a crafted OCI artifact with a malicious org.opencontainers.image.title annotation to write arbitrary files on the host filesystem.
Exploitation requires Trivy to be directed to an attacker-controlled OCI artifact through a repository override or module installation input. The impact is limited to the privilege boundary of the user running Trivy.
Affected software
trivy
How to mitigate CVE-2026-55092
Install security update from vendor's website.
trivy - update to 0.71.1