Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Zip4j

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2018-1002202 · GHSA-2rpm-4x8c-pvqg · Published 25/07/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
net.lingala.zip4j:zip4j Maven	`< 1.3.3`	`1.3.3`
zip4j zip4j_project	`< 1.3.3`	`1.3.3`

Description

zip4j before 1.3.3 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a Zip archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1002202 · ADVISORY
snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability · WEB
snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability · WEB
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-NETLINGALAZIP4J-31679 · WEB
support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display · WEB

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