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CVE-2026-53476

CRITICAL 9.6

Assisted-migration-agent: vddk tarball chained-symlink arbitrary file write

CVSS Score
9.6
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A flaw was found in assisted-migration-agent. An unauthenticated attacker, located on the same local area network (LAN), can exploit a path traversal vulnerability. By crafting a specially designed gzipped tarball, the attacker can bypass security checks and write arbitrary files to the system. This could ultimately lead to the execution of unauthorized code on the appliance.

CWE CWE-59
Published Jun 10, 2026
Last Updated Jun 10, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53476 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487233 github.com: https://github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent/pull/256