CVE-2025-5981
Arbitrary File write in OSV-SCALIBR
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Arbitrary File write in OSV-SCALIBR
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-5981- CVSS 4.0
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-18630
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-18630- CVSS 4.0
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2hcm-q3f4-fjgw
OSV-SCALIBR's Container Image Unpacking Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal
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.
- Record
GHSA-2hcm-q3f4-fjgw- CVSS 4.0
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-5981- CVSS 4.0
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-427, CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Arbitrary File write in OSV-SCALIBR
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-5981- CVSS 4.0
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-2hcm-q3f4-fjgw
OSV-SCALIBR's Container Image Unpacking Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal
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.
- Record
GHSA-2hcm-q3f4-fjgw- CVSS 4.0
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2025-3767 No score
OSV-SCALIBR's Container Image Unpacking Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in github.com/google/osv-scalibr
OSV-SCALIBR's Container Image Unpacking Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in github.com/google/osv-scalibr
- Record
GO-2025-3767- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15405-1 No score
govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250730T213748-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250730T213748-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:15405-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/google/osv-scalibrGo |
0.1.3 up to 0.2.1 | 0.2.1 |
govulncheck-vulndbopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 56 CVEs |
before 0.0.20250730T213748-1.1 | 0.0.20250730T213748-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-5981 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.7) in Google Osv-scalibr, published June 18, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. Fixed in github.com/google/osv-scalibr 0.2.1.
References
github.com/google/osv-scalibr/releases/tag/v0.1.8
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5981
pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3767
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