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'.
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4227
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/commit/f8f4233508193b70df33759ae9dc6154d69c2ea8
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1837
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1836
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31680
https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
https://github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/pull/87
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2018-07-25
Updated: 2024-11-21
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS: 0.0446