What is CVE-2026-40024?

CVE-2026-40024 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sleuthkit, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-40024?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Sleuthkit

CVE-2026-40024

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 t…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.000 (9.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Sleuthkit — versions 0, a3f96b3bc36a8bb1a00c297f77110d4a6e7dd31b

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

Patch Commit (patch)
Mobasi Sentinel Vulnerability Index (vendor-advisory)
VulnCheck Advisory: Sleuth Kit tsk_recover Path Traversal (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-40024?: CVE-2026-40024 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sleuthkit, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-40024?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.