🛡️ CVE-2025-4748
Description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Erlang OTP (stdlib modules) allows Absolute Path Traversal, File Manipulation. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/stdlib/src/zip.erl and program routines zip:unzip/1, zip:unzip/2, zip:extract/1, zip:extract/2 unless the memory option is passed.
This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 28.0.1, OTP 27.3.4.1 and OTP 26.2.5.13, corresponding to stdlib from 2.0 before 7.0.1, 6.2.2.1 and 5.2.3.4.
Weakness class
CVE-2025-4748 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-2025-4748 is recorded against 1 package.
- unknown
Timeline and source
Published on 16 June 2025 and last revised on 24 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.
References
cna.erlef.org
github.com
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osv.dev
www.erlang.org
www.openwall.com
CVE-2025-4748 on other distributions
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Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| unknown | — | — |
References
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