Is github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent affected by CVE-2026-24846?

Go github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent is affected in >=1.8.0 <1.20.3.

Is CVE-2026-24846 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.2%.

medium

CVE-2026-24846

Q: Is CVE-2026-24846 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.2%.

Go · github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent

Summary

malcontent vulnerable to symlink Path Traversal via handleSymlink argument confusion in archive extraction in github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent

Severity: medium
EPSS: 0.2% (p6)
Also known as: GHSA-923j-vrcg-hxwh, GO-2026-4391
Published: 2026-02-02

References

https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/security/advisories/GHSA-923j-vrcg-hxwh
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24846
https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/commit/259fca5abc004f3ab238895463ef280a87f30e96

Related advisories

CVE-2026-28407 — medium · Go/github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent
GHSA-54p8-x2m9-c593 — medium · Go/github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent
CVE-2026-24845 — medium · Go/github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent

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