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Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction in unzipper

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 27, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 20, 2023

Package

npm unzipper (npm)

Affected versions

< 0.8.13

Patched versions

0.8.13

Description

Versions of unzipper before 0.8.13 are vulnerable to arbitrary file write when used to extract a specifically crafted archive that contains path traversal filenames (../../file.txt for example).

Recommendation

Update to version 0.3.18 or later.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 27, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Sep 20, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-1002203

GHSA ID

GHSA-884w-698f-927f

Source code

No known source code
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