๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-29064

HIGH 8.2

Zarf: Symlink targets in archives are not validated against destination directory

CVSS Score
8.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Zarf is an Airgap Native Packager Manager for Kubernetes. From version 0.54.0 to before version 0.73.1, a path traversal vulnerability in archive extraction allows a specifically crafted Zarf package to create symlinks pointing outside the destination directory, enabling arbitrary file read or write on the system processing the package. This issue has been patched in version 0.73.1.

CWE CWE-22
Vendor zarf-dev
Product zarf
Published Mar 6, 2026
Last Updated Mar 6, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Affected Versions

zarf-dev / zarf
>= 0.54.0, < 0.73.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/security/advisories/GHSA-hcm4-6hpj-vghm github.com: https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/releases/tag/v0.73.1