Improper Input Validation Affecting archive package, versions <3.3.8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PUB-ARCHIVE-5880302
  • published 3 Sep 2023
  • disclosed 31 Aug 2023
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade archive to version 3.3.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. An attacker can spoof zip filenames, leading to inconsistent filename parsing by crafting a malicious zip file with different file names in Local File Header and Central Directory Entry, consequently having a file with different filenames before and after extraction.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
4.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

7.8 high