What is CVE-2017-1000026?

CVE-2017-1000026 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress Mixlib-Archive, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000026?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Progress Mixlib-Archive

CVE-2017-1000026

Chef Software's mixlib-archive versions 0.3.0 and older are vulnerable to a directory traversal attack allowing attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by using ".." in tar archive entries

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.019 (77.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Progress Mixlib-archive
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000026?: CVE-2017-1000026 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress Mixlib-Archive, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000026?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.