Arbitrary file overwrite via link following
Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 19, 2026
Path traversal in moby/go-archive before 0.3.0 allows attackers to overwrite writable files via a crafted tar archive. Unpack, UnpackLayer, Untar, UntarUncompressed, and ApplyLayer keep entries under the destination with lexical path checks, but the later filesystem operation lets the OS resolve archive-created links, so writes can escape the extraction root. In Docker products, reachability typically requires a local copy-out such as docker cp or sbx cp against attacker-controlled container content; the result is arbitrary file creation or overwrite as the extracting user, which can become host code execution if a sensitive executable or configuration file is replaced.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in moby/go-archive before 0.3.0 allows attackers to overwrite writable files via a crafted tar archive. Unpack, UnpackLayer, Untar, UntarUncompressed, and ApplyLayer keep entries under the destination with lexical path checks, but the later filesystem operation lets the OS resolve archive-created links, so writes can escape the extraction root. In Docker products, reachability typically requires a local copy-out such as docker cp or sbx cp against attacker-controlled container content; the result is arbitrary file creation or overwrite as the extracting user, which can become host code execution if a sensitive executable or configuration file is replaced.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-17106
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 19, 2026
- Vendor
- Moby Project
- Product
- go-archive
- Classifications
- CWE-59, CWE-22
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <0.3.0
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Public exploit references
- CopyEscape-CVE-2026-17106proof of concept · demonstrated
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