🛡️ GHSA-6jrj-vc65-c983 — unzip-stream

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

unzip-stream allows Arbitrary File Write via artifact extraction

Impact

When using the Extract() method of unzip-stream, malicious zip files were able to write to paths they shouldn't be allowed to.

Patches

Fixed in 0.3.2

References

  • https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
  • https://github.com/mhr3/unzip-stream/compare/v0.3.1...v0.3.2

Credits

Justin Taft from Google

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

GHSA-6jrj-vc65-c983 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

GHSA-6jrj-vc65-c983 is recorded against 1 package.

  • unzip-stream

Timeline and source

Published on 26 August 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
snyk.io (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-08-26
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2024-08-26
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
unzip-stream — —

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