# CVE-2026-88069: Path traversal in pandora

> Attackers can write files outside the extraction directory via crafted archives, potentially overwriting system files or causing denial of service.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 10 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g437-q4fp-pq2g

## What is CVE-2026-88069?

CVE-2026-88069 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in pandora-analysis pandora, published on 9 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Pandora contains a path traversal vulnerability in its archive extraction worker. When processing a specially crafted archive or disk image, attacker-controlled file paths could be used without ensuring that the resulting destination remained within the intended extraction directory.

An attacker able to submit a malicious file for analysis could use path traversal sequences or crafted paths to cause extracted content to be written outside the designated extraction directory, potentially overwriting files accessible to the Pandora worker process. Successful exploitation could result in unauthorized modification of application or system files, denial of service, and potentially further compromise depending on the permissions of the Pandora process and the files that can be overwritten.

The vulnerability is addressed by resolving each extraction destination path before writing and verifying that it remains below the expected extraction directory. Extraction attempts resolving outside this directory are rejected and reported as path traversal attempts.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-88069?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-88069?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-88069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-88069 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-88069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-88069 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-88069 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in pandora-analysis pandora, published on 9 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-88069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: pandora-analysis pandora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-88069/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-88069/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88069
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88069
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-88069

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-88069/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.