Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Trivy: Helm chart tar bomb causes OOM via unbounded io.ReadAll in parser
CVE-2026-54448
Trivy is a security scanner. Prior to 0.71.0, when Trivy scans a Helm chart archive (.tgz), its custom tar unpacker reads each entry with io.ReadAll(tr) and no size limit. An attacker who can place a malicious .tgz file in the scanned path can craft a small compressed archive that decompresses to gigabytes, causing the Trivy process to be killed by the OS OOM killer. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.71.0.
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CVSS Base Score
6.9
MEDIUM
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| aquasecurity | trivy | < 0.71.0 (affected) |
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Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | GitHub, Inc. · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2026-06-15T15:30:40 |
| Published | 2026-06-25T16:27:33 |
| Last Updated | 2026-06-25T18:55:50 |
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