CVE-2025-4748 Affecting erlang package, versions <1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2404-ERLANG-10379255
  • published22 Jul 2025
  • disclosed16 Jun 2025

Introduced: 16 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-4748  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:24.04 erlang to version 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream erlang package and not the erlang package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:24.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Erlang OTP (stdlib modules) allows Absolute Path Traversal, File Manipulation. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/stdlib/src/zip.erl and program routines zip:unzip/1, zip:unzip/2, zip:extract/1, zip:extract/2 unless the memory option is passed.

This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 until OTP 28.0.1, OTP 27.3.4.1 and OTP 26.2.5.13, corresponding to stdlib from 2.0 until 7.0.1, 6.2.2.1 and 5.2.3.4.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1