CVE-2025-29787CWE-180CWE-22CWE-61

zip Vulnerable to Incorrect Path Canonicalization During Archive Extraction, Leading to Arbitrary File Write

High · published March 17, 2025

CVSS v4.0
7.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
46.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

`zip` is a zip library for rust which supports reading and writing of simple ZIP files. In the archive extraction routine of affected versions of the `zip` crate starting with version 1.3.0 and prior to version 2.3.0, symbolic links earlier in the archive are allowed to be used for later files in the archive without validation of the final canonicalized path, allowing maliciously crafted archives to overwrite arbitrary files in the file system when extracted. Users who extract untrusted archive files using the following high-level API method may be affected and critical files on the system may be overwritten with arbitrary file permissions, which can potentially lead to code execution. Version 2.3.0 fixes the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
EPSS
0.00564 · 46.1th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-180 · Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize; CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'); CWE-61 · UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Published
2025-03-17T13:19Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 MAR 13:19Z
    zip Vulnerable to Incorrect Path Canonicalization During Archive Extraction, Leading to Arbitrary File Write
    cvelistv5