CVE-2026-40024 HIGH

CVE-2026-40024: Sleuth Kit tsk_recover Path Traversal

Vendor Sleuthkit
Product sleuthkit
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published April 8, 2026
Last update April 9, 2026

CVSS base score

8.4/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 8, 2026 CVE published
April 9, 2026 Record updated