Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in plexus-archiver

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2018-1002200 · GHSA-hcxq-x77q-3469 · SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31680 · Published 25/07/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-archiver Maven	`< 3.6.0`	`3.6.0`
plexus-archiver codehaus-plexus	`< 3.6.0`	`3.6.0`

Description

plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1002200 · ADVISORY
codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver#87 · WEB
codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver commit f8f4233 · WEB
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1836 · WEB
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1837 · WEB
codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver · PACKAGE
snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability · WEB
snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability · WEB
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31680 · WEB
debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4227 · WEB

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