CVE-2026-63436

zt-zip: Path traversal in fluent API unpack

Published Nov 3, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
zt-zip is a Java library that provides convenience methods for ZIP archive manipulation. Prior to 1.18.0, the Zips.get(zip).unpack().destination(outputDir).process() fluent API in src/main/java/org/zeroturnaround/zip/Zips.java constructs output files directly from ZIP entry names without applying the destination-boundary validation used by ZipUtil.unpack(...). A crafted entry containing parent-directory traversal can therefore write outside outputDir through both the normal copy branch and the ZipEntryTransformer branch. Applications that extract untrusted archives only through ZipUtil.unpack(...) are unaffected because that API already calls checkDestinationFileForTraversal. This issue is fixed in version 1.18.0.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-52c6-99qm-3hqr zt-zip: Path traversal in fluent API unpack
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Zeroturnaround
Zeroturnaround zt-zip
Vendors & Products Zeroturnaround
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Description zt-zip is a Java library that provides convenience methods for ZIP archive manipulation. Prior to 1.18.0, the Zips.get(zip).unpack().destination(outputDir).process() fluent API in src/main/java/org/zeroturnaround/zip/Zips.java constructs output files directly from ZIP entry names without applying the destination-boundary validation used by ZipUtil.unpack(...). A crafted entry containing parent-directory traversal can therefore write outside outputDir through both the normal copy branch and the ZipEntryTransformer branch. Applications that extract untrusted archives only through ZipUtil.unpack(...) are unaffected because that API already calls checkDestinationFileForTraversal. This issue is fixed in version 1.18.0.
Title zt-zip: Path traversal in fluent API unpack
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Nov 9, 2026, 3:31 PM
Reserved
Jul 16, 2026, 7:35 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Nov 3, 2026, 6:18 PM
Modified
Nov 12, 2026, 8:04 PM