CVE-2024-10389: Path Traversal in Safearchive

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-11-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

There exists a Path Traversal vulnerability in Safearchive on Platforms with Case-Insensitive Filesystems (e.g., NTFS). This allows Attackers to Write Arbitrary Files via Archive Extraction containing symbolic links. We recommend upgrading past commit f7ce9d7b6f9c6ecd72d0b0f16216b046e55e44dc

Affected products

Google Safearchive: before 2024-10-25 — fixed in 2024-10-25

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Safearchive 2024-10-25. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/google/safearchive/commit/f7ce9d7b6f9c6ecd72d0b0f16216b046e55e44dc

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