CVE-2026-63134
Malcolm's Path Traversal in Archive Extraction Allows Arbitrary Directory Creation
CVSS Score
5.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
Malcolm is a network traffic analysis tool suite. Prior to version 26.07.0, `safe-extract.py` protects file extraction with libarchive's secure flags, but creates directory entries with a raw `os.makedirs(os.path.join(dest, entry.pathname))` that has no traversal protection. An uploaded malicious archive containing a directory entry with a `../` sequence or an absolute path causes the filebeat processing container to create directories outside the intended extraction directory. Version 26.07.0 fixes the issue.
| CWE | CWE-22 |
| Vendor | cisagov |
| Product | malcolm |
| Published | Aug 11, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Affected Versions
cisagov / Malcolm
< 26.07.0