CVE-2018-25046: Path traversal in code.cloudfoundry.org/archiver

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-12-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Due to improper path sanitization, archives containing relative file paths can cause files to be written (or overwritten) outside of the target directory.

Affected products

code.cloudfoundry.org/archiver/extractor: before 2018-05-23 — fixed in 2018-05-23

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: code.cloudfoundry.org/archiver/extractor 2018-05-23. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/cloudfoundry/archiver/commit/09b5706aa9367972c09144a450bb4523049ee840
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0025
https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
https://github.com/cloudfoundry/archiver/commit/09b5706aa9367972c09144a450bb4523049ee840
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0025
https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability

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