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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.6 High

CVE-2026-56876

extract-zip unvalidated symlink path traversal

Description

extract-zip does not validate symlink targets when extracting zip archives. When processing a malicious zip file containing a symlink with a relative path like '../../../../etc/passwd', extract-zip will extract the symlink without validation, allowing it to point outside the extraction directory. Depending on how extract-zip is used, an attacker could read or write to arbitrary files.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

max-mapper extract-zip

Default version status: affected

  • 0 to < *affected

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