CVE-2026-56876

CVE-2026-56876CVE-2026-56876

Description

extract-zip does not validate symlink targets when extracting zip archives. When processing a malicious zip file containing a symlink with a relative path like '../../../../etc/passwd', extract-zip will extract the symlink without validation, allowing it to point outside the extraction directory. Depending on how extract-zip is used, an attacker could read or write to arbitrary files.

Scoring

CVSS 8.1 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Last modified2026-06-26
Sourced from NVD. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.