CVE-2026-33481

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 66% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Syft is a a CLI tool and Go library for generating a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from container images and filesystems. Syft versions before v1.42.3 would not properly cleanup temporary storage if the temporary storage was exhausted during a scan. When scanning archives Syft will unpack those archives into temporary storage then inspect the unpacked contents. Under normal operation Syft will remove the temporary data it writes after completing a scan. This vulnerability would affect users of Syft that were scanning content that could cause Syft to fill the temporary storage that would then cause Syft to raise an error and exit. When the error is triggered Syft would exit without properly removing the temporary files in use. In our testing this was most easily reproduced by scanning very large artifacts or highly compressed artifacts such as a zipbomb. Because Syft would not clean up its temporary files, the result would be filling temporary file storage preventing future runs of Syft or other system utilities that rely on temporary storage being available. The patch has been released in v1.42.3. Syft now cleans up temporary files when an error condition is encountered. There are no workarounds for this vulnerability in Syft. Users that find their temporary storage depleted can manually remove the temporary files.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
35%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 26, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Aug 6, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github, github_pr.
github Patch Available

Syft improper temporary file cleanup · Advisory · anchore/syft · GitHub

https://github.com/anchore/syft/security/advisories/GHSA-rjcw-vg7j-m9rc
github_pr

chore: centralize temp files and prefer streaming IO

Fix merged in anchore/syft PR #4668 on 2026-03-18 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/anchore/syft/pull/4668
github_pr

chore: call cleanup on tmpfile and replace some io.ReadAlls with streams

Fix merged in anchore/syft PR #4629 on 2026-02-17 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/anchore/syft/pull/4629
github_pr Patch Available

fix(providers): clean up temp storage on errors

Patch available: anchore/stereoscope v0.1.21 (PR #537 merged 2026-03-06)

https://github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pull/537

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
github.com/anchore/syft—1.42.3—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-33481?
CVE-2026-33481 is a medium vulnerability published on March 26, 2026. Syft is a a CLI tool and Go library for generating a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from container images and filesystems. Syft versions before v1.42.3 would not properly cleanup temporary storage if the temporary storage was exhausted during a scan. When scanning archives Syft will unpack those…
When was CVE-2026-33481 disclosed?
CVE-2026-33481 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 26, 2026, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-33481 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-33481 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 65.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-33481?
CVE-2026-33481 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-33481?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-33481, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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