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CVE-2026-56876

HIGH CVSS: 8.1 Published: 2026-06-26 Modified: 2026-07-06

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.

Affected Platforms

Max-Mapper Extract-Zip

Weakness Type

CWE-22, CWE-61

References