AWS GluonTS up to 0.16.x Archive Extraction Utility path traversal

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A vulnerability has been found in AWS GluonTS up to 0.16.x and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Archive Extraction Utility. This manipulation causes path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-119083. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in AWS GluonTS up to 0.16.x. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Archive Extraction Utility. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Path traversal in the archive extraction utility in GluonTS before 0.17.0 might allow an actor who supplies a crafted tar archive to write arbitrary files outside the intended extraction directory with the privileges of the extracting process via symbolic or hard links contained in the archive. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 0.17.0 or later.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-119083 since 10/29/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 0.17.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• AWS

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• GluonTS

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• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16

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