adm-zip npm library before 0.4.9 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot…

Description

adm-zip npm library before 0.4.9 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a Zip archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

13.5% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs

Affected products

• node.js · adm-zip

  • affected unspecified – < 0.4.9

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• npmadm-zipGHSA-3v6h-hqm4-2rg6 (opens in a new tab)

References (6)

• https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/cthackers/adm-zip/pull/212 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 107001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://github.com/cthackers/adm-zip/commit/62f64004fefb894c523a7143e8a88ebe6c84df25 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:adm-zip:20180415 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-3v6h-hqm4-2rg6 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 12:47 UTC.