HIGHCVE-2026-40024Published Modified CNA VulnCheck
CVE-2026-40024: Sleuth Kit tsk_recover Path Traversal
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.
Metrics
- CVSS v4.0
- 8.4
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- a3f96b3bc36a8bb1a00c297f77110d4a6e7dd31b
- Affected Products
- 1
Affected packages
- sleuthkit / sleuthkit≤ 4.14.0Fixed in a3f96b3bc36a8bb1a00c297f77110d4a6e7dd31b
CVSS Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N