Local file disclosure via trusted GPG filename
Published Feb 11, 2024 · Updated Nov 4, 2025
Path traversal in diffoscope before 256 allows local users to disclose arbitrary files by comparing a crafted GPG artifact. The GPG comparator passes --use-embedded-filenames to gpg, then trusts the embedded output filename when reading extracted content. Local users must cause diffoscope to process the artifact in a context that can read the targeted path, exposing files available to that process.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in diffoscope before 256 allows local users to disclose arbitrary files by comparing a crafted GPG artifact. The GPG comparator passes --use-embedded-filenames to gpg, then trusts the embedded output filename when reading extracted content. Local users must cause diffoscope to process the artifact in a context that can read the targeted path, exposing files available to that process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-25711
- Published
- Feb 11, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
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- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 11, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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