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A subsequent regular-file archive entry with the same path is opened with `OpenFile(dstPath, O_CREATE|O_WRONLY)`, which follows the attacker-planted symlink.\n\nA malicious or compromised aqua package / release asset can therefore write attacker-controlled bytes outside aqua's extraction directory, with the privileges of the user running aqua.\n\n### Details\n\nAffected file: `pkg/unarchive/archives.go`\n\nAffected function: `(*handler).HandleFile`\n\nThe vulnerable logic is the combination of:\n\n```go\nos.Symlink(f.LinkTarget, dstPath)\n```\n\nfor symlink entries, followed by:\n\n```go\nh.fs.OpenFile(dstPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, f.Mode())\n```\n\nfor a later regular file entry at the same archive path. The symlink target is not jailed to the extraction destination, and the later file open follows the symlink.\n\nThe attached PoC uses a two-entry `tar.gz` archive:\n\n1. symlink `pwn -> <outside target","public_affected_ranges":["< 2.60.1"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-11-08T19:53:44.026Z","source_updated_at":"2026-08-28T16:27:10.000Z","source_disclosed_at":"2026-08-28T16:27:08.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"Source facts changed; compare the preserved prior revision.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-11-02T09:56:23.004Z"},{"id":"NVI-00015416","kind":"vulnerability","title":"Aqua's archive extraction follows attacker-planted symlinks, allowing writes outside the install directory","revision":1,"unknowns":["Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected."],"lifecycle":"active","identifiers":["GHSA-mf5c-hw34-4hpp","CVE-2026-55569"],"plain_summary":"GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for github.com/aquaproj/aqua/v2. 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This report has not examined your application.","related_sources":[{"id":"sr-6631bcdc9ae48520442a296fe80eeead","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mf5c-hw34-4hpp","basis":"vendor_advisory","notes":"GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.","title":"GHSA-mf5c-hw34-4hpp","publisher":"GitHub Advisory Database","observed_at":"2026-11-02T09:56:23.004Z"}],"affected_context":[{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-6631bcdc9ae48520442a296fe80eeead"],"technology":"github.com/aquaproj/aqua/v2","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"### Summary\n\n`aquaproj/aqua` extracts downloaded tool archives through `pkg/unarchive/archives.go` using `github.com/mholt/archives`. The archive handler creates symlink entries with `os.Symlink(f.LinkTarget, dstPath)` without validating that the symlink target resolves inside the extraction destination. A subsequent regular-file archive entry with the same path is opened with `OpenFile(dstPath, O_CREATE|O_WRONLY)`, which follows the attacker-planted symlink.\n\nA malicious or compromised aqua package / release asset can therefore write attacker-controlled bytes outside aqua's extraction directory, with the privileges of the user running aqua.\n\n### Details\n\nAffected file: `pkg/unarchive/archives.go`\n\nAffected function: `(*handler).HandleFile`\n\nThe vulnerable logic is the combination of:\n\n```go\nos.Symlink(f.LinkTarget, dstPath)\n```\n\nfor symlink entries, followed by:\n\n```go\nh.fs.OpenFile(dstPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, f.Mode())\n```\n\nfor a later regular file entry at the same archive path. The symlink target is not jailed to the extraction destination, and the later file open follows the symlink.\n\nThe attached PoC uses a two-entry `tar.gz` archive:\n\n1. symlink `pwn -> <outside target","public_affected_ranges":["< 2.60.1"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-11-03T10:03:31.364Z","source_updated_at":"2026-08-28T16:27:10.000Z","source_disclosed_at":"2026-08-28T16:27:08.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-11-02T09:56:23.004Z"}],"next_cursor":null,"snapshot_revision":"42594"}