CVE-2024-0406

MEDIUMNVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2024-04-06. NVD baseline CVSS 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
6.1
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was discovered in the mholt/archiver package. This flaw allows an attacker to create a specially crafted tar file, which, when unpacked, may allow access to restricted files or directories. This issue can allow the creation or overwriting of files with the user's or application's privileges using the library.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(medium)
EPSS
56.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 6, 2024

Last Modified

April 25, 2025

References (5)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-0406(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatopenshift4/oc-mirror-plugin-rhel9:v4.18.0-202503051333.p0.g22b273d.assembly.stream.el92025-03-11redhat
gogithub.com/mholt/archiver—ghsa
gogithub.com/mholt/archiver/v3—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
github.com/mholt/archiver———
github.com/mholt/archiver/v3———

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 43× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-11 08:26 UTCEPSS rescore
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  45. 2026-05-24 05:06 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-05-24 05:06 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-05-24 05:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-05-23 23:05 UTCOSV refresh

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCwalidpyh/CVE-2024-0406-POC
    First seen Mar 12, 2025

    CVE-2024-0406 POC using symlinks

    Open source ↗

Related CVEs(same product + same vendor + same CWE)

Same product

1 shown

go:github.com/mholt/archiver

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-0406?
CVE-2024-0406 is a medium vulnerability published on April 6, 2024. A flaw was discovered in the mholt/archiver package. This flaw allows an attacker to create a specially crafted tar file, which, when unpacked, may allow access to restricted files or directories. This issue can allow the creation or overwriting of files with the user's or application's privileges…
When was CVE-2024-0406 disclosed?
CVE-2024-0406 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 6, 2024, with the most recent update on April 25, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-0406 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-0406 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 56.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-0406?
CVE-2024-0406 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-0406?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-0406, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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