CVE-2026-19693

extract-zip arbitrary file write outside the destination directory via a symlink at the final path component

Published Aug 17, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
extract-zip through 2.0.1 containment-checks only the parent directory of each archive entry and never the entry's own final path component, so an archive containing two entries with identical names - a symlink whose target is outside the destination, followed by a regular file - writes through the planted symlink and yields an arbitrary file write outside the destination directory.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7pqw-9j4j-h8q3 extract-zip allows arbitrary file writes through symlink archive entries
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Max-mapper
Max-mapper extract-zip
Vendors & Products Max-mapper
Max-mapper extract-zip
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description extract-zip through 2.0.1 containment-checks only the parent directory of each archive entry and never the entry's own final path component, so an archive containing two entries with identical names - a symlink whose target is outside the destination, followed by a regular file - writes through the planted symlink and yields an arbitrary file write outside the destination directory.
Title extract-zip arbitrary file write outside the destination directory via a symlink at the final path component
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-59
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
seal
Published
Updated
Aug 27, 2026, 11:29 AM
Reserved
Aug 13, 2026, 7:30 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 17, 2026, 2:20 PM
Modified
Sep 9, 2026, 3:52 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Aug 17, 2026, 1:30 PM