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{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/38684?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-71rt-azrp-4qah", "summary": "Path Traversal\nChef Software's mixlib-archive are vulnerable to a directory traversal attack allowing attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by using `..` in tar archive entries.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2017-1000026" }, { "alias": "GHSA-98wx-cw86-c97x" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/624394?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ruby-mixlib-archive@0.4.1-1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/ruby-mixlib-archive@0.4.1-1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/127475?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ruby-mixlib-archive@0.4.1-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/ruby-mixlib-archive@0.4.1-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/127476?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ruby-mixlib-archive@0.4.1-2?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/ruby-mixlib-archive@0.4.1-2%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/53790?format=api", "purl": "pkg:gem/mixlib-archive@0.4.0", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:gem/mixlib-archive@0.4.0" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/624392?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ruby-mixlib-archive@0.2.0-1%2Bdeb9u1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-71rt-azrp-4qah" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/ruby-mixlib-archive@0.2.0-1%252Bdeb9u1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/211394?format=api", "purl": "pkg:gem/mixlib-archive@0.1.0", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-71rt-azrp-4qah" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:gem/mixlib-archive@0.1.0" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/211395?format=api", "purl": "pkg:gem/mixlib-archive@0.2.0", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-71rt-azrp-4qah" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:gem/mixlib-archive@0.2.0" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/53789?format=api", "purl": "pkg:gem/mixlib-archive@0.3.0", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-71rt-azrp-4qah" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:gem/mixlib-archive@0.3.0" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000026", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00159", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.36637", "published_at": "2026-06-05T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00159", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.36544", "published_at": "2026-06-04T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000026" }, { "reference_url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000026", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000026" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "7.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N" }, { "value": "HIGH", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "7.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "" }, { "value": "7.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N" }, { "value": "HIGH", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive/pull/6", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "7.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N" }, { "value": "HIGH", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive/pull/6" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/mixlib-archive/CVE-2017-1000026.yml", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "7.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N" }, { "value": "HIGH", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/mixlib-archive/CVE-2017-1000026.yml" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=868572", "reference_id": "868572", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=868572" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000026", "reference_id": "CVE-2017-1000026", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "7.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N" }, { "value": "HIGH", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000026" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98wx-cw86-c97x", "reference_id": "GHSA-98wx-cw86-c97x", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "HIGH", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1_qr", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98wx-cw86-c97x" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 1035, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017." }, { "cwe_id": 22, "name": "Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')", "description": "The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory." }, { "cwe_id": 937, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "7.0 - 8.9", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "8.0", "risk_score": 4.0, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-71rt-azrp-4qah" }