{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40024","details":"The Sleuth Kit through 4.14.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in tsk_recover that allows an attacker to write files to arbitrary locations outside the intended recovery directory via crafted filenames or directory paths with path traversal sequences in a filesystem image. An attacker can craft a malicious filesystem image with embedded /../ sequences in filenames that, when processed by tsk_recover, writes files outside the output directory, potentially achieving code execution by overwriting shell configuration or cron entries.","modified":"2026-09-14T17:03:10.469975613Z","published":"2026-04-08T22:16:22.430Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-40024"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40024"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sleuthkit","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/sleuthkit?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.11.1+dfsg-1","4.12.0+dfsg-1","4.12.1+dfsg-1","4.12.1+dfsg-1.1","4.12.1+dfsg-1.1~exp1","4.12.1+dfsg-2","4.12.1+dfsg-3","4.14.0+dfsg-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40024.json"}},{"package":{"name":"sleuthkit","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/sleuthkit?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.12.1+dfsg-3","4.14.0+dfsg-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40024.json"}},{"package":{"name":"sleuthkit","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/sleuthkit?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.12.1+dfsg-3","4.14.0+dfsg-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40024.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"}]}