Description
Trivy is a security scanner. Prior to 0.72.0, plugin manifest metadata is used by pkg/plugin/manager.go to construct paths under ~/.trivy/plugins without confining plugin names to that root, allowing an attacker who persuades a user to install or run a malicious plugin to write the manifest and plugin binary to arbitrary user-writable paths, while plugins from the official Trivy plugin index are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 0.72.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| aquasecurity | trivy | < 0.72.0 | — |
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.
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21761-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | kubescape | 4.0.15-r2 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/aquasecurity/trivy | < 0.72.0 | 0.72.0 | GHSA-8rc5-4fr6-64pw |
Advisories 3
- SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 29, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21761-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 9, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-2148 Aqua Security Trivy: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Manipulation von Dateien BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Aug 18, 2026