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Moderate severityOSV Advisory· Published Apr 6, 2024· Updated Nov 20, 2025

Mholt/archiver: path traversal vulnerability

CVE-2024-0406

Description

A flaw was discovered in the mholt/archiver package. This flaw allows an attacker to create a specially crafted tar file, which, when unpacked, may allow access to restricted files or directories. This issue can allow the creation or overwriting of files with the user's or application's privileges using the library.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
github.com/mholt/archiver/v3Go
>= 3.0.0, <= 3.5.1
github.com/mholt/archiverGo
>= 3.0.0, <= 3.5.1

Affected products

91

Patches

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