Google osv-scalibr up to 0.1.7 CLI Flag unpack --remote-image uncontrolled search path

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Google osv-scalibr up to 0.1.7. Affected by this issue is the function unpack of the component CLI Flag Handler. Such manipulation of the argument --remote-image leads to uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-5981. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Google osv-scalibr up to 0.1.7. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function unpack of the component CLI Flag Handler. The manipulation of the argument --remote-image with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Arbitrary file write as the OSV-SCALIBR user on the host system via a path traversal vulnerability when using OSV-SCALIBR's unpack() function for container images. Particularly, when using the CLI flag --remote-image on untrusted container images.

The weakness was published with Stefan Schiller. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-5981 since 06/10/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/18/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1574 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 0.1.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Google

Name

• osv-scalibr

Version

• 0.1.0
• 0.1.1
• 0.1.2
• 0.1.3
• 0.1.4
• 0.1.5
• 0.1.6
• 0.1.7

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.google.com/
• Product: https://github.com/google/osv-scalibr/

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