GHSA-hcxq-x77q-3469

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    GHSA-hcxq-x77q-3469

    Published: 13 May 2022Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in plexus-archiver

    Details: plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1002200, https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/pull/87, https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/commit/f8f4233508193b70df33759ae9dc6154d69c2ea8, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1836, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1837, https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver, https://github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability, https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability, https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31680, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4227

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-archiver

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-archiver

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.6.0

    Affected versions

    1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High