Directory Traversal Affecting croc package, versions <10.2.1-r4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-CROC-9486903
  • published21 Mar 2025
  • disclosed20 Sept 2023

Introduced: 20 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-43616  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard croc to version 10.2.1-r4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream croc package and not the croc package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Croc through 9.6.5. A sender can cause a receiver to overwrite files during ZIP extraction.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1