CVE-2026-78638

medium

Description

A flaw has been found in peerigon unzip-crx and unzip-crx-3 up to 0.2.0. This affects the function unzip of the file dist/index.js of the component Archive Extraction. Executing a manipulation of the argument destination can lead to path traversal. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/394865/cti

https://vuldb.com/vuln/394865

https://vuldb.com/submit/886400

https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78638

https://github.com/peerigon/unzip-crx/issues/19

https://github.com/peerigon/unzip-crx/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-65301

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-25

Updated: 2026-09-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v4

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00137