CVE-2024-47877CWE-22CWE-61

Extract has insufficient checks allowing attacker to create symlinks outside the extraction directory.

Medium · published October 11, 2024

CVSS v4.0
6.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
45.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Extract is aA Go library to extract archives in zip, tar.gz or tar.bz2 formats. A maliciously crafted archive may allow an attacker to create a symlink outside the extraction target directory. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.0. If you're using the Extractor.FS interface, then upgrading to /v4 will require to implement the new methods that have been added.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00548 · 45.1th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'); CWE-61 · UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Published
2024-10-11T16:36Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 OCT 16:36Z
    Extract has insufficient checks allowing attacker to create symlinks outside the extraction directory.
    cvelistv5