CVE-2026-78638CWE-22path-traversal

CVE-2026-78638

Low · published August 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
3.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw has been found in peerigon unzip-crx and unzip-crx-3 up to 0.2.0. This affects the function unzip of the file dist/index.js of the component Archive Extraction. Executing a manipulation of the argument destination can lead to path traversal. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.3 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
4.8 · CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
EPSS
0.00172 · 6.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2026-08-25T10:19Z
References (6)
https://github.com/peerigon/unzip-crx/ · [email protected]https://github.com/peerigon/unzip-crx/issues/19 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78638 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/submit/886400 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/394865 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/394865/cti · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 AUG 08:27Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 25 AUG 05:30Z
    peerigon unzip-crx/unzip-crx-3 Archive Extraction index.js unzip path traversal
    cvelistv5