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CVE-2018-1002200
plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot…
Medium5.5EPSS 11.6%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- snyk
Description
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'.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.6% · top 3.9% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 3.6.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-archiverGHSA-hcxq-x77q-3469 (opens in a new tab)
References (8)
- https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/commit/f8f4233508193b70df33759ae9dc6154d69c2ea8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-4227 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31680 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1837 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/pull/87 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1836 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-hcxq-x77q-3469 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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