# CVE-2026-50162: oras-go: file store write outside workingDir via symlink traversal

- Also known as: GO-2026-5879, GHSA-8XWF-RJM4-XVHV
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.6.1
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-07-20

## Affected

- oras-project oras-go: fixed in 2.6.1
- oras.land/oras-go/v2 (Go): fixed in 2.6.1

## Description

oras-go is a Go library for managing OCI artifacts. Prior to 2.6.1, resolveWritePath() in content/file/file.go uses a lexical filepath.Rel check for workingDir and does not account for symlink traversal, so when AllowPathTraversalOnWrite=false an attacker-controlled blob title through ocispec.AnnotationTitle such as out/pwn.txt can follow a workingDir symlink out -> /some/outside/dir and cause pushFile() to create /some/outside/dir/pwn.txt outside workingDir. This issue is fixed in version 2.6.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on oras-project oras-go, oras.land/oras-go/v2, upgrade to a fixed version (2.6.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/oras-project/oras-go/security/advisories/GHSA-8xwf-rjm4-xvhv
- https://github.com/oras-project/oras-go/commit/cc323e564d90c6b5b4bdd71d3c8d2ee2713b37e5
- https://github.com/oras-project/oras-go/releases/tag/v2.6.1

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