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6.1 and up affected
8.0.3 not affected
7.3.0.1 not affected
6.2.2.4 not affected
every other version: unaffected

Description

Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Erlang OTP (stdlib zip module) allows writing files outside the intended extraction directory via a crafted zip archive.

zip:unzip/1,2 and zip:extract/1,2 validate entry paths using zip:check_dir_level/2, which tracks directory depth as a running integer counter: .. decrements it, normal path components increment it. The caller rejects only paths where the final counter value is less than zero. A path such as ../x/y causes the counter to go negative mid-traversal then recover to zero, passing validation while resolving to a location outside the extraction directory when joined with the current working directory via add_cwd.

This vulnerability is associated with program file lib/stdlib/src/zip.erl.

This issue affects OTP from OTP 27.1 before OTP 29.0.4, OTP 28.5.0.4 and OTP 27.3.4.15, corresponding to stdlib from 6.1 before 8.0.3, 7.3.0.1 and 6.2.2.4.

Weaknesses & attack patterns

Weakness

CWE-23 · Relative Path Traversal in catalog → MITRE ↗

Attack patterns

CAPEC-139 · Relative Path Traversal MITRE ↗

Affected — Erlang / stdlib Repository ↗

6.1 and up affected
8.0.3 not affected
7.3.0.1 not affected
6.2.2.4 not affected
every other version: unaffected
default status unaffected
cpe cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
modules · source files · routines
modules zip
source files src/zip.erl
routines zip:unzip/1 · zip:unzip/2 · zip:extract/1 · zip:extract/2 · zip:check_dir_level/2

Affected — GitHub / erlang/otp Repository ↗

27.1 and up affected
29.0.4 not affected
28.5.0.4 not affected
27.3.4.15 not affected
8d537f5 < 8a933c9 affected
every other version: unaffected
default status unaffected
cpe cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
modules · source files · routines
modules zip
source files lib/stdlib/src/zip.erl
routines zip:unzip/1 · zip:unzip/2 · zip:extract/1 · zip:extract/2 · zip:check_dir_level/2

References

Credits

Jonatan Männchen Finder
Zhang Delong Finder
John Högberg Remediation developer

CVSS breakdown

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L
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