Description
Zarf is an Airgap Native Packager Manager for Kubernetes. From version 0.54.0 to before version 0.73.1, a path traversal vulnerability in archive extraction allows a specifically crafted Zarf package to create symlinks pointing outside the destination directory, enabling arbitrary file read or write on the system processing the package. This issue has been patched in version 0.73.1.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| zarf-dev | zarf | >= 0.54.0, < 0.73.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260317T205859-150000.1.152.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:1042-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/zarf-dev/zarf | >= 0.54.0, < 0.73.1 | 0.73.1 | GO-2026-4636 |
| Go | github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/src/pkg/archive | >= 0.54.0, < 0.73.1 | 0.73.1 | GHSA-hcm4-6hpj-vghm |
Advisories 2
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 31, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:1042-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 26, 2026