Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-57966

Path Traversal

Path Traversal
Published
03 February 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 5.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0027 19th percentile
Risk Priority 38 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-57966 is a medium-severity Absolute Path Traversal (CWE-36) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 5.0 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 19th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

libarchiveplugin.cpp in KDE ark before 24.12.0 can extract to an absolute path from an archive.

CWE(s)
CWE-36

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Input validation directly stops construction of absolute paths from untrusted data before they reach file operations.

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match

Enforced access authorizations can limit which resources are reachable even if a traversal succeeds.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and path sanitization that prevent absolute path traversal.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development can detect absolute path traversal via static analysis and fuzzing.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle includes input validation and path-handling requirements that reduce absolute path traversal risk.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements typically mandate controls against path traversal in file-access functions.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles call for canonicalization and sandboxing that limit absolute path traversal.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly require neutralization of absolute path sequences in pathname construction.

A.8.3 Information access restriction partial match
mitigates

Information access restriction limits which files can be reached but does not address the path-construction flaw itself.

References