What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-24909?

CVE-2026-24909 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.9 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2026-24909?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

CVE-2026-24909

MEDIUM

Relative Path Traversal (CWE-23)

2026-01-27 cve@mitre.org

GHSA-gf2c-jwcj-x929

Path Traversal

5.9

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.9 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch released

Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd

Patch available

Analysis Generated

Mar 12, 2026 - 21:55 vuln.today

CVE Published

Jan 27, 2026 - 23:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.9

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

10 npm packages depend on @vltpkg/tar (1 direct, 9 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 1.0.0-rc.10.

DescriptionCVE.org

vlt before 1.0.0-rc.10 mishandles path sanitization for tar, leading to path traversal during extraction.

AnalysisAI

Path traversal in vlt versions before 1.0.0-rc.10 allows local attackers to write files outside their intended directories during tar archive extraction due to insufficient path sanitization. An attacker with local access could exploit this to overwrite arbitrary files on the system with elevated scope impact. No patch is currently available for this vulnerability.