Medium severity · published Jun 18, 2025
CVE-2025-5981
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
6.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OS
Osv-scalibr · Google
0.1.3 before 0.1.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5981
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5981
Patch
https://github.com/google/osv-scalibr/commit/2444419b1818c2d6917fc3394c947fb3276e9d59
Release Notes
https://github.com/google/osv-scalibr/releases/tag/v0.1.8
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