{"id":"CVE-2024-24579","aliases":["EUVD-2024-0369","GHSA-hpxr-w9w7-g4gv","GO-2024-2490"],"status":"published","title":"Tar path traversal in stereoscope when processing OCI tar archives","description":"stereoscope is a go library for processing container images and simulating a squash filesystem.  Prior to version 0.0.1, it is possible to craft an OCI tar archive that, when stereoscope attempts to unarchive the contents, will result in writing to paths outside of the unarchive temporary directory. Specifically, use of `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/file.UntarToDirectory()` function, the  `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image/oci.TarballImageProvider` struct, or the higher level `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image.Image.Read()` function express this vulnerability. As a workaround, if you are using the OCI archive as input into stereoscope then you can switch to using an OCI layout by unarchiving the tar archive and provide the unarchived directory to stereoscope.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00393,"percentile":0.33969,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2024-01-31T16:40:35Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:41Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/anchore/stereoscope","fixed_in":["0.0.1"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/anchore/stereoscope","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.0.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/anchore/stereoscope","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.0.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/anchore/stereoscope","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.0.1"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"anchore","product":"stereoscope"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/anchore/stereoscope/security/advisories/GHSA-hpxr-w9w7-g4gv","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/anchore/stereoscope/commit/09dacab4d9ee65ee8bc7af8ebf4aa7b5aaa36204","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24579","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hpxr-w9w7-g4gv"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/24xxx/CVE-2024-24579.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/anchore/stereoscope","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-24579","title":"Tar path traversal in stereoscope when processing OCI tar archives","description":"stereoscope is a go library for processing container images and simulating a squash filesystem.  Prior to version 0.0.1, it is possible to craft an OCI tar archive that, when stereoscope attempts to unarchive the contents, will result in writing to paths outside of the unarchive temporary directory. Specifically, use of `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/file.UntarToDirectory()` function, the  `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image/oci.TarballImageProvider` struct, or the higher level `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image.Image.Read()` function express this vulnerability. As a workaround, if you are using the OCI archive as input into stereoscope then you can switch to using an OCI layout by unarchiving the tar archive and provide the unarchived directory to stereoscope.","status":"published","published":"2024-01-31T16:40:35.385Z","modified":"2024-08-23T16:26:39.05Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:13.991836Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-0369","description":"stereoscope is a go library for processing container images and simulating a squash filesystem.  Prior to version 0.0.1, it is possible to craft an OCI tar archive that, when stereoscope attempts to unarchive the contents, will result in writing to paths outside of the unarchive temporary directory. Specifically, use of `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/file.UntarToDirectory()` function, the  `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image/oci.TarballImageProvider` struct, or the higher level `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image.Image.Read()` function express this vulnerability. As a workaround, if you are using the OCI archive as input into stereoscope then you can switch to using an OCI layout by unarchiving the tar archive and provide the unarchived directory to stereoscope.","status":"published","published":"2024-01-31T16:40:35Z","modified":"2024-08-23T16:26:39Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:56:12.238043Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-hpxr-w9w7-g4gv","title":"stereoscope vulnerable to tar path traversal when processing OCI tar archives","description":"### Impact\nIt is possible to craft an OCI tar archive that, when stereoscope attempts to unarchive the contents, will result in writing to paths outside of the unarchive temporary directory. Specifically, use of `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/file.UntarToDirectory()` function, the  `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image/oci.TarballImageProvider` struct, or the higher level `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image.Image.Read()` function express this vulnerability.\n\n### Patches\nPatched in v0.0.1\n\n### Workarounds\nIf you are using the OCI archive as input into stereoscope then you can switch to using an [OCI layout](https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/main/image-layout.md) by unarchiving the tar archive and provide the unarchived directory to stereoscope.\n\n### References\n- Patch PR https://github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pull/214","status":"published","published":"2024-01-31T22:39:17Z","modified":"2024-02-02T19:35:22Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:37:35.293818Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-24579","description":"stereoscope is a go library for processing container images and simulating a squash filesystem.  Prior to version 0.0.1, it is possible to craft an OCI tar archive that, when stereoscope attempts to unarchive the contents, will result in writing to paths outside of the unarchive temporary directory. Specifically, use of `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/file.UntarToDirectory()` function, the  `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image/oci.TarballImageProvider` struct, or the higher level `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image.Image.Read()` function express this vulnerability. As a workaround, if you are using the OCI archive as input into stereoscope then you can switch to using an OCI layout by unarchiving the tar archive and provide the unarchived directory to stereoscope.","status":"published","published":"2024-01-31T17:15:40.17Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:14:38.89Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:09:34.891666Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2024-24579","title":"Tar path traversal in stereoscope when processing OCI tar archives","description":"stereoscope is a go library for processing container images and simulating a squash filesystem.  Prior to version 0.0.1, it is possible to craft an OCI tar archive that, when stereoscope attempts to unarchive the contents, will result in writing to paths outside of the unarchive temporary directory. Specifically, use of `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/file.UntarToDirectory()` function, the  `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image/oci.TarballImageProvider` struct, or the higher level `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image.Image.Read()` function express this vulnerability. As a workaround, if you are using the OCI archive as input into stereoscope then you can switch to using an OCI layout by unarchiving the tar archive and provide the unarchived directory to stereoscope.","status":"published","published":"2024-01-31T16:40:35.385Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:41.346232056Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:38.897406Z"},{"id":"GHSA-hpxr-w9w7-g4gv","title":"stereoscope vulnerable to tar path traversal when processing OCI tar archives","description":"### Impact\nIt is possible to craft an OCI tar archive that, when stereoscope attempts to unarchive the contents, will result in writing to paths outside of the unarchive temporary directory. Specifically, use of `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/file.UntarToDirectory()` function, the  `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image/oci.TarballImageProvider` struct, or the higher level `github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image.Image.Read()` function express this vulnerability.\n\n### Patches\nPatched in v0.0.1\n\n### Workarounds\nIf you are using the OCI archive as input into stereoscope then you can switch to using an [OCI layout](https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/main/image-layout.md) by unarchiving the tar archive and provide the unarchived directory to stereoscope.\n\n### References\n- Patch PR https://github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pull/214","status":"published","published":"2024-01-31T22:39:17Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:00.234495835Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:49.28217Z"},{"id":"GO-2024-2490","title":"Path traversal in github.com/anchore/stereoscope","description":"It is possible to craft an OCI tar archive that, when stereoscope attempts to unarchive the contents, will result in writing to paths outside of the unarchive temporary directory.","status":"published","published":"2024-02-13T18:23:23Z","modified":"2026-02-04T02:51:05.189073Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:47:01.185262Z"}]}}