High severity · published Jun 25, 2026
CVE-2026-55092
Trivy: Path traversal via a crafted vulnerability database or other downloaded artifacts
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Trivy is a security scanner. Prior to 0.71.1, when Trivy downloads an OCI artifact, it uses the org.opencontainers.image.title annotation from the artifact manifest as the destination filename without validation. An attacker who can make Trivy fetch an attacker-controlled artifact can supply a crafted annotation that resolves to a path outside the intended destination, causing Trivy to write the layer content to an arbitrary location on the host filesystem. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.71.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TR
trivy · aquasecurity
< 0.71.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55092
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55092
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/security/advisories/GHSA-mcj4-mphf-j9ff
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