Path traversal in NVIDIA AIStore dSort archive extraction
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
NVIDIA AIStore for Linux, from 0 to 4.9, contains a path traversal flaw in the dSort archive extraction component (CWE-22). An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted archive member names to a dSort job to escape the restricted directory. A successful attack may lead to arbitrary file creation or overwrite, code execution, information disclosure, data tampering, or denial of service.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27
Description from the CNA
NVIDIA AIStore for Linux contains a path traversal vulnerability in the dSort archive extraction component where a remote attacker may cause an improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory by supplying crafted archive member names to a dSort job. A successful exploit may lead to arbitrary file creation or overwrite, code execution, information disclosure, data tampering, and denial of service.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for AIStore framework.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27
Timeline
- 2026-10-13 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-65164
- 2026-10-13 Alias added: GHSA-rp48-97jq-3x4r
References
More NVIDIA vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-10594 Heap-based buffer overflow in dnsmasq before 2.78 allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-17134 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in NVIDIA Container Toolkit CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2024-00121 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in NVIDIA Container Toolkit CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2024-00076 NVIDIA Triton Inference Server for Linux contains a vulnerability where a user can set… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2018-02664 Observable discrepancy in Intel Multiple CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2023-23747 PVRIC (PowerVR Image Compression) on Imagination 2018 and later GPU devices offers… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-65164 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-65164 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rp48-97jq-3x4r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences