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CVE-2022-23793: [20220301] - Core - Zip Slip within the Tar extractor

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Extracting an specifilcy crafted tar package could write files outside of the intended path.

Affected products

• Joomla!: from 3.0.0 through 3.10.6; from 4.0.0 through 4.1.0

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166546/Joomla-4.1.0-Zip-Slip-File-Overwrite-Path-Traversal.html
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/870-20220301-core-zip-slip-within-the-tar-extractor.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166546/Joomla-4.1.0-Zip-Slip-File-Overwrite-Path-Traversal.html
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/870-20220301-core-zip-slip-within-the-tar-extractor.html

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