🛡️ CVE-2018-1002201 — zt-zip

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in zt-zip

zt-zip before 1.13 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a Zip archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2018-1002201 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2018-1002201 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.zeroturnaround:zt-zip (fixed in 1.13)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 May 2022 and last revised on 16 March 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
snyk.io (Web)
snyk.io (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-13
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-03-16
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.zeroturnaround:zt-zip — 1.13

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