CVE-2026-13723

Develar's electron-builder allows arbitrary file overwrite

Published Jul 29, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability in the `zipx.Unzip` extraction routine of Develar's app-builder allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on macOS APFS by exploiting a Unicode Normalization Collision combined with symlink following behavior. APFS treats certain Unicode equivalent filenames as identical (e.g., ß ↔ ss), while app builder performs no canonical normalization before validating or writing paths. As a result, a crafted ZIP archive containing:
• a symlink entry named ss pointing to a target file, and
• a regular file named ß containing attacker controlled data,
will cause the second write to follow the symlink and overwrite the target file.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Develar
Develar app-builder
Vendors & Products Develar
Develar app-builder
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-59
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability in the `zipx.Unzip` extraction routine of Develar's app-builder allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on macOS APFS by exploiting a Unicode Normalization Collision combined with symlink following behavior. APFS treats certain Unicode equivalent filenames as identical (e.g., ß ↔ ss), while app builder performs no canonical normalization before validating or writing paths. As a result, a crafted ZIP archive containing: • a symlink entry named ss pointing to a target file, and • a regular file named ß containing attacker controlled data, will cause the second write to follow the symlink and overwrite the target file.
Title Develar's electron-builder allows arbitrary file overwrite
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
certcc
Published
Updated
Jul 29, 2026, 6:21 PM
Reserved
Jun 29, 2026, 2:24 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 29, 2026, 6:16 PM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 1:10 PM