---
id: CVE-2026-88069
title: >-
  Pandora contains a path traversal vulnerability in its archive extraction
  worker
summary: >-
  Pandora contains a path traversal vulnerability in its archive extraction
  worker. When processing a specially crafted archive or disk image,
  attacker-controlled file paths could be used without ensuring that the
  resulting destination rem…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
vendor: pandora-analysis
product: pandora
affected:
  - pandora <= 1.12.7
published: '2026-09-09'
updated: '2026-09-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-10T15:43:03.760'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88069'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pandora-analysis/pandora/commit/d86ac5b260fb9a41e07f1da1bbd326cdcfc188a7
    label: 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-10T13:42:38.918892Z'
cvssSource: cna
ingestedAt: '2026-09-09T22:24:01.173Z'
epss: 0.00496
epssPercentile: 0.39894
---

## Overview

Pandora contains a path traversal vulnerability in its archive extraction worker. When processing a specially crafted archive or disk image, attacker-controlled file paths could be used without ensuring that the resulting destination remained within the intended extraction directory.

An attacker able to submit a malicious file for analysis could use path traversal sequences or crafted paths to cause extracted content to be written outside the designated extraction directory, potentially overwriting files accessible to the Pandora worker process. Successful exploitation could result in unauthorized modification of application or system files, denial of service, and potentially further compromise depending on the permissions of the Pandora process and the files that can be overwritten.

The vulnerability is addressed by resolving each extraction destination path before writing and verifying that it remains below the expected extraction directory. Extraction attempts resolving outside this directory are rejected and reported as path traversal attempts.

## Remediation

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