CVE-2018-1002200

5.5 mediumEPSS 12%

plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2018-07-25
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

codehaus-plexus:plexus-archiver
debian:debian_linux
redhat:enterprise_linux
redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation

Packages (OSV)

Advisory	Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
GHSA-hcxq-x77q-3469	Maven	org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-archiver	<3.6.0	3.6.0

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1836
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1837
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/commit/f8f4233508193b70df33759ae9dc6154d69c2ea8
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/pull/87
https://github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability

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