CVE-2024-11944

published 2024-12-30

CVE-2024-11944: iXsystems TrueNAS CORE tarfile.extractall Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to…

Priority P2 63 high 8.8 CVSS 3.1

AV A AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

iXsystems TrueNAS CORE tarfile.extractall Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of iXsystems TrueNAS devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the tarfile.extractall method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-25626.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ixsystems	truenas_core	—	—
ixsystems	truenas_firmware	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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