CVE-2026-32885: DDEV has ZipSlip path traversal in tar and zip archive extraction

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2026-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

DDEV is an open-source tool for running local web development environments for PHP and Node.js. Versions prior to 1.25.2 have unsanitized extraction in both `Untar()` and `Unzip()` functions in `pkg/archive/archive.go`. Downloads and extracts archives from remote sources without path validation. Version 1.25.2 patches the issue.

Affected products

ddev: before 1.25.2 — fixed in 1.25.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ddev 1.25.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/ddev/ddev/releases/tag/v1.25.2
https://github.com/ddev/ddev/security/advisories/GHSA-x2xq-qhjf-5mvg
https://github.com/ddev/ddev/security/advisories/GHSA-x2xq-qhjf-5mvg

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