CVE-2026-53476 PUBLISHED

Assisted-migration-agent: vddk tarball chained-symlink arbitrary file write

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 10.06.2026 Updated: 10.06.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.6

Product Status

Package Collection https://github.com/kubev2v/assisted-migration-agent
Package Name assisted-migration-agent
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to bcae0438ad8386321a300413d71c982a11b7b5b7 (excl.)

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') CWE