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GHSA-54P8-X2M9-C593

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-02 18:48 – Updated: 2026-03-02 18:48
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Summary
malcontent: Error-path cleanup gap can leak scanners and fds and degrade availability
Details

Several extraction and scanning code paths registered late defers which could leak resources and exhaust system resources.

This report is an aggregate of these individual reports for the affected code: Advisory | Affected File -- | -- GHSA-jjgh-mc5q-gch7 | pkg/action/scan.go GHSA-mwmf-fxh2-w4x7 | pkg/archive/deb.go GHSA-p8j3-rpf5-gwv3 | pkg/archive/gzip.go GHSA-qfh4-7f5v-75gq | pkg/archive/zlib.go GHSA-wxxf-r586-5rf5 | pkg/archive/bzip2.go

Fix: #1354, #1355, #1356, #1361

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Oleh Konko from 1seal for discovering and reporting all six of these issues.

Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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        "name": "github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent"
      },
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      ]
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
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    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Several extraction and scanning code paths registered late defers which could leak resources and exhaust system resources.\n\nThis report is an aggregate of these individual reports for the affected code:\nAdvisory | Affected File\n-- | --\n`GHSA-jjgh-mc5q-gch7` | `pkg/action/scan.go`\n`GHSA-mwmf-fxh2-w4x7` | `pkg/archive/deb.go`\n`GHSA-p8j3-rpf5-gwv3` | `pkg/archive/gzip.go`\n`GHSA-qfh4-7f5v-75gq` | `pkg/archive/zlib.go`\n`GHSA-wxxf-r586-5rf5` | `pkg/archive/bzip2.go`\n\n**Fix**: #1354, #1355, #1356, #1361\n\n**Acknowledgements**\n\nThank you to Oleh Konko from [1seal](https://1seal.org/) for discovering and reporting all six of these issues.",
  "id": "GHSA-54p8-x2m9-c593",
  "modified": "2026-03-02T18:48:03Z",
  "published": "2026-03-02T18:48:03Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/security/advisories/GHSA-54p8-x2m9-c593"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/pull/1354"
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/pull/1356"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/pull/1361"
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    {
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "malcontent: Error-path cleanup gap can leak scanners and fds and degrade availability"
}



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