CVE-2026-43616

Detect-It-Easy < 3.21 Path Traversal Arbitrary File Write

Published May 4, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Detect-It-Easy prior to 3.21 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the filesystem by crafting malicious archive entries with relative traversal sequences or absolute paths. Attackers can exploit insufficient path normalization during archive extraction to write files outside the intended extraction directory and achieve persistent code execution by overwriting user startup scripts.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Horsicq detect-it-easy
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:horsicq:detect-it-easy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Horsicq detect-it-easy
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 Horsicq
Horsicq die-engine
Vendors & Products Horsicq
Horsicq die-engine
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Detect-It-Easy prior to 3.21 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the filesystem by crafting malicious archive entries with relative traversal sequences or absolute paths. Attackers can exploit insufficient path normalization during archive extraction to write files outside the intended extraction directory and achieve persistent code execution by overwriting user startup scripts.
Title Detect-It-Easy < 3.21 Path Traversal Arbitrary File Write
Weaknesses CWE-23
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Nov 8, 2026, 2:03 PM
Reserved
May 1, 2026, 6:22 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 4, 2026, 6:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 7:10 PM