CVE-2026-54250: K3s: ZIP Archive Path Traversal Vulnerability in etcd Snapshot Decompression

July 14, 2026

A path traversal vulnerability exists in K3s’s etcd snapshot decompression functionality. Zip files containing archive members with maliciously crafted names (e.g., ../../../../etc/password) can be written to arbitrary locations on the filesystem when an administrator restores the archive as a compressed etcd snapshot.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-jxr7-mqhw-9p98
github.com/k3s-io/k3s/security/advisories/GHSA-jxr7-mqhw-9p98
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54250

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