CVE-2026-29064 HIGH

CVE-2026-29064: Zarf: Symlink targets in archives are not validated against destination directory

Vendor Zarf-Dev
Product zarf
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published March 6, 2026
Last update March 6, 2026
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CVSS base score

8.2/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Zarf is an Airgap Native Packager Manager for Kubernetes. From version 0.54.0 to before version 0.73.1, a path traversal vulnerability in archive extraction allows a specifically crafted Zarf package to create symlinks pointing outside the destination directory, enabling arbitrary file read or write on the system processing the package. This issue has been patched in version 0.73.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 6, 2026 CVE published
March 6, 2026 Record updated