What is CVE-2025-5981?

CVE-2025-5981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Osv-Scalibr, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2025-5981?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-5981 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Google Osv-Scalibr

CVE-2025-5981

Arbitrary file write as the OSV-SCALIBR user on the host system via a path traversal vulnerability when using OSV-SCALIBR's unpack() function for container images. Particularly, when using the CLI flag --remote-image on untrusted container images.

EPSS: 0.002 (11.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Google Osv-scalibr — versions 0.1.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve-coordination@google.com (Release Notes)
cve-coordination@google.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5981?: CVE-2025-5981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Osv-Scalibr, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2025-5981?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-5981 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.