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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-40024 EUVD-2026-20759GHSA-995r-jc2c-558w

Sleuth Kit tsk_recover Path Traversal

Published Apr 8, 2026 · Updated Oct 1, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

The Sleuth Kit through 4.14.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in tsk_recover that allows an attacker to write files to arbitrary locations outside the intended recovery directory via crafted filenames or directory paths with path traversal sequences in a filesystem image. An attacker can craft a malicious filesystem image with embedded /../ sequences in filenames that, when processed by tsk_recover, writes files outside the output directory, potentially achieving code execution by overwriting shell configuration or cron entries.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
sleuthkit sleuthkit ≤ 4.14.0 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 sleuthkit No fix yet —
Debian 13 sleuthkit No fix yet —
Debian 12 sleuthkit No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 sleuthkit No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS sleuthkit No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 sleuthkit No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS sleuthkit No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS sleuthkit No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS sleuthkit No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS sleuthkit No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS sleuthkit No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS sleuthkit No fix yet —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 sleuthkit 4.12.1-2 —

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