# CVE-2024-0406: GO-2024-2698 - Archiver Path Traversal vulnerability in github.com/mholt/archiver

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-0406-archiver-path-traversal-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-06-05  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-0406 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-06-05

Archiver Path Traversal vulnerability in github.com/mholt/archiver

Technologies: [github.com/mholt/archiver (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-mholt-archiver). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-0406 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-0406 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-0406?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 5 June 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/mholt/archiver (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=3.0.0,last_affected=3.5.1; github.com/mholt/archiver/v3 (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=3.0.0,last_affected=3.5.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-0406?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-0406?** Check whether you run github.com/mholt/archiver (Go) or github.com/mholt/archiver/v3 (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- github.com/mholt/archiver (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=3.0.0,last_affected=3.5.1
- github.com/mholt/archiver/v3 (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=3.0.0,last_affected=3.5.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-0406
- GHSA-rhh4-rh7c-7r5v
- GO-2024-2698

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- [Path Traversal in MHolt Archiver](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2019-10743-path-traversal-in-mholt-archiver)