---
id: CVE-2026-87723
title: >-
  In Google fuse-archive versions prior to 1.24, an attacker who can prepend a
  directory to PATH or write a malicious binary to an attacker-controlled or
  writable directory appearing in PATH can hijack the execution pathway
summary: >-
  In Google fuse-archive versions prior to 1.24, an attacker who can prepend a
  directory to PATH or write a malicious binary to an attacker-controlled or
  writable directory appearing in PATH can hijack the execution pathway. This
  allows th…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-426
vendor: Google
product: fuse-archive
affected:
  - fuse-archive < 1.24
published: '2026-09-28'
updated: '2026-09-28'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-28T05:16:30.840'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87723'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/google/fuse-archive/commit/4b13a49b4bf66e0960241bab78987dde268a8b81
    label: cve-coordination@google.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/google/fuse-archive/commit/6f086e6381428d5b818dcb1bf7b9204e6bf017f0
    label: cve-coordination@google.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
cvssSource: cna
ingestedAt: '2026-09-28T05:03:24.968Z'
---

## Overview

In Google fuse-archive versions prior to 1.24, an attacker who can prepend a directory to PATH or write a malicious binary to an attacker-controlled or writable directory appearing in PATH can hijack the execution pathway. This allows the attacker to execute arbitrary local code under the security context of the user running the fuse-archive process. The issue was partially mitigated in version 1.22 and fully resolved in 1.24 via refined selective PATH filtering.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.