What is GHSA-jqh3-44fj-pq6q?

GHSA-jqh3-44fj-pq6q is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Windows...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-jqh3-44fj-pq6q cover?

GHSA-jqh3-44fj-pq6q covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-69973. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-jqh3-44fj-pq6q?

GHSA-jqh3-44fj-pq6q has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-jqh3-44fj-pq6qMediumCVSS 6.5

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Windows...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 13, 2026

Last Modified

October 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-69973 →

📋 Description

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Windows Libarchive allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over a network.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-69973
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69973
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jqh3-44fj-pq6q