Velero is an open source tool for backing up, restoring, and migrating Kubernetes cluster resources and persistent volumes. Prior to 1.18.1, an attacker who compromises the backup object-storage backend can upload a malicious backup tarball containing parent-directory paths that escape the extraction directory during restore and overwrite sensitive files in the Velero pod filesystem. This issue is fixed in version 1.18.1.
History

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Velero-io
Velero-io velero
Vendors & Products Velero-io
Velero-io velero

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Description Velero is an open source tool for backing up, restoring, and migrating Kubernetes cluster resources and persistent volumes. Prior to 1.18.1, an attacker who compromises the backup object-storage backend can upload a malicious backup tarball containing parent-directory paths that escape the extraction directory during restore and overwrite sensitive files in the Velero pod filesystem. This issue is fixed in version 1.18.1.
Title Velero vulnerable to file path traversal when extracting from backup's tarball
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-08-25T21:15:31.881Z

Updated: 2026-08-28T22:38:21.971Z

Reserved: 2026-03-12T15:29:36.559Z

Link: CVE-2026-32637

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T22:38:17.901Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-25T22:17:02.380

Modified: 2026-09-09T21:09:13.080

Link: CVE-2026-32637

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-25T21:15:31Z

Links: CVE-2026-32637 - Bugzilla