CVE-2026-39246

decompress before 4.2.2 allows arbitrary symlink creation during archive extraction

High · published July 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

decompress before 4.2.2 allows arbitrary symlink creation during archive extraction. When processing symlink entries (type === 'symlink'), the x.linkname field from the archive is passed directly to fs.symlink() without validation (index.js line 121). The preventWritingThroughSymlink check on line 98 only applies to file entries, not symlink creation. An attacker can craft an archive with symlink entries pointing to sensitive files outside the extraction directory (e.g., /etc/passwd), enabling information disclosure when the application reads the extracted contents.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00658 · 50.9th percentile
Published
2026-07-09T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 JUL 00:00Z
    decompress before 4.2.2 allows arbitrary symlink creation during archive extraction
    cvelistv5