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CVE-2022-36943

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-01-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

SSZipArchive versions 2.5.3 and older contain an arbitrary file write vulnerability due to lack of sanitization on paths which are symlinks. SSZipArchive will overwrite files on the filesystem when opening a malicious ZIP containing a symlink as the first item.

Affected products

• ZipArchive SSZipArchive: through 2.5.3

References

• https://github.com/metaredteam/external-disclosures/security/advisories/GHSA-vgvw-6xcf-qqfc
• https://github.com/metaredteam/external-disclosures/security/advisories/GHSA-vgvw-6xcf-qqfc

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