Vulnerability CVE-2024-47877


Published: 2024-10-11

Description:
Extract is aA Go library to extract archives in zip, tar.gz or tar.bz2 formats. A maliciously crafted archive may allow an attacker to create a symlink outside the extraction target directory. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.0. If you're using the Extractor.FS interface, then upgrading to /v4 will require to implement the new methods that have been added.

Type:

CWE-22

(Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

 References:
https://github.com/codeclysm/extract/security/advisories/GHSA-8rm2-93mq-jqhc
https://github.com/codeclysm/extract/commit/4a98568021b8e289345c7f526ccbd7ed732cf286

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