CVE-2026-54448

Trivy is a security scanner. Prior to 0.71.0, when Trivy scans a Helm chart archive (.tgz), its custom tar unpacker reads each entry with io.ReadAll(tr) and no size limit. An attacker who can place a malicious .tgz file in the scanned path can craft a small compressed archive that decompresses to gigabytes, causing the Trivy process to be killed by the OS OOM killer. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.71.0.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pull/10718	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/security/advisories/GHSA-q3fv-x8vg-qqm4	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pull/10718	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/security/advisories/GHSA-q3fv-x8vg-qqm4	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:aquasec:trivy:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-06-25 17:16

Updated : 2026-06-26 19:27

NVD link : CVE-2026-54448

Mitre link : CVE-2026-54448

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-54448

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Products Affected

aquasec

trivy

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CWE-789

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value

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