GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-rpqr-j937-6qr9 OpenViking contains a Path Traversal vulnerability

HIGH Published 2026-03-03 Modified 2026-03-04 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-28518
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
openviking
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-22
Reviewed
2026-03-04

Affected packages

• PyPI openviking: <= 0.2.1 (no fix yet)

Description

OpenViking versions 0.2.1 and prior, fixed in commit 46b3e76, contain a path traversal vulnerability in the .ovpack import handling that allows attackers to write files outside the intended import directory. Attackers can craft malicious ZIP archives with traversal sequences, absolute paths, or drive prefixes in member names to overwrite or create arbitrary files with the importing process privileges.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-28518 OpenViking versions 0.2.1 and prior, fixed in commit 46b3e76, contain a path traversal vulnerability in the .ovpack import handling that… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References