CVE-2026-40024

Description

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.

Weakness classification

• disclosure@vulncheck.com: CWE-22

Primary references

• disclosure@vulncheck.com — Patch
• disclosure@vulncheck.com — Third Party Advisory
• disclosure@vulncheck.com — Third Party Advisory