Path traversal in pandora-analysis pandora
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Pandora contains a path traversal vulnerability in its archive extraction worker. When processing a specially crafted archive or disk image, attacker-controlled file paths could be used without ensuring that the resulting destination remained within the intended extraction directory. An attacker able to submit a malicious file for analysis could use path traversal sequences or crafted paths to cause extracted content to be written outside the designated extraction directory, potentially overwriting files accessible to the Pandora worker process. Successful exploitation could result in unauthorized modification of application or system files, denial of service, and potentially further compromise depending on the permissions of the Pandora process and the files that can be overwritten. The vulnerability is addressed by resolving each extraction destination path before writing and verifying that it remains below the expected extraction directory. Extraction attempts resolving outside this directory are rejected and reported as path traversal attempts.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pandora-analysis | pandora | up to 1.12.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- pandora Vendorpandora-analysis Affected up to 1.12.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-88069
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g437-q4fp-pq2g
References
More pandora-analysis vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-52538 Path Traversal in TAR Archive Extraction Allows Arbitrary File Write in Pandora CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-52541 Unbounded DAA Decompression in Pandora Allows Denial of Service via Decompression Bomb CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-52884 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via MIME-Type Confusion in PDF Downloads of Pandora CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-52885 Stored Cross-Site Scripting in URL Observables via Lookyloo Submission Handler in Pandora CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-88069 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-88069 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g437-q4fp-pq2g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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