Directory Traversal Affecting php-7.2 package, versions <7.2.34+e1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.44% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-PHP72-21716732
  • published26 Oct 2026
  • disclosed4 Oct 2021

Introduced: 4 Oct 2021

CVE-2021-21706  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest php-7.2 to version 7.2.34+e1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php-7.2 package and not the php-7.2 package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.31, 7.4.x below 7.4.24 and 8.0.x below 8.0.11, in Microsoft Windows environment, ZipArchive::extractTo may be tricked into writing a file outside target directory when extracting a ZIP file, thus potentially causing files to be created or overwritten, subject to OS permissions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1