CVE-2026-29790 — Path Traversal in Dbt-common
Severity
2.0LOWNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
Latest updateMar 5
PublishedMar 6
Description
dbt-common is the shared common utilities for dbt-core and adapter implementations use. Prior to versions 1.34.2 and 1.37.3, a path traversal vulnerability exists in dbt-common's safe_extract() function used when extracting tarball archives. The function uses os.path.commonprefix() to validate that extracted files remain within the intended destination directory. However, commonprefix() compares paths character-by-character rather than by path components, allowing a malicious tarball to write fi…
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N