Description
A flaw was found in assisted-migration-agent. An unauthenticated attacker, located on the same local area network (LAN), can exploit a path traversal vulnerability. By crafting a specially designed gzipped tarball, the attacker can bypass security checks and write arbitrary files to the system. This could ultimately lead to the execution of unauthorized code on the appliance.
Problem types
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Product status
Any version before bcae0438ad8386321a300413d71c982a11b7b5b7
Timeline
| 2026-06-09: | Reported to Red Hat. |
| 2026-06-07: | Made public. |
References
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53476
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487233 (RHBZ#2487233)
github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent/pull/256