Trivy: Path traversal via a crafted vulnerability database or other downloaded artifacts
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquasecurity | trivy | before 0.71.1 | 0.71.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/aquasecurity/trivy (Go) | before 0.71.1 | 0.71.1 | Patch available | GHSA-mcj4-mphf-j9ff |
- trivy VendorAquasecurity Affected before 0.71.1 Fixed in 0.71.1 Patch available CNA
- github.com/aquasecurity/trivy (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.71.1 Fixed in 0.71.1 Patch available GHSA-mcj4-mphf-j9ff
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:aquasec:trivy:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* | before 0.71.1 | Vulnerable | Aquasecurity |
- cpe:2.3:a:aquasec:trivy:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* Versions before 0.71.1 Vulnerable ·Aquasecurity
Remediation
- Fix · CNA trivy (aquasecurity) Fixed in 0.71.1
- Fix · GHSA-mcj4-mphf-j9ff github.com/aquasecurity/trivy (Go) Fixed in 0.71.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55092
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mcj4-mphf-j9ff
References
Advisory 2
More Aquasecurity Trivy vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-26015 Trivy ecosystem supply chain briefly compromised KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-39311 Trivy: Helm chart tar bomb causes OOM via unbounded io.ReadAll in parser CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-55092 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-55092 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mcj4-mphf-j9ff · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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