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CVE-2026-40024
HIGH · CVSS 7.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-04-08T22:16:22.430 · Last modified 2026-06-17T10:44:37.207

Summary

The Sleuth Kit through 4.14.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in tsk_recover that allows an attacker to write files to arbitrary locations outside the intended recovery directory via crafted filenames or directory paths with path traversal sequences in a filesystem image. An attacker can craft a malicious filesystem image with embedded /../ sequences in filenames that, when processed by tsk_recover, writes files outside the output directory, potentially achieving code execution by overwriting shell configuration or cron entries.

Affected products

sleuthkit — the_sleuth_kit

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