HIGH 7.5 RubyGems
rubyzip path traversal vulnerability
GHSA-47m2-wp7j-p9vc · CVE-2026-85396
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Description
rubyzip versions before 3.4.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in Zip::Entry#extract that fails to properly validate extraction paths using prefix comparison without trailing separators. Attackers can craft archive entries with names like ../upload_backup/owned.sh to write files outside the intended extraction directory into sibling paths sharing the destination prefix.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85396
- WEB https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/commit/17edfbf4423b83211b075acc23a7d8640da63449
- WEB https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/rubyzip.md
- WEB https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubyzip/CVE-2026-85396.yml
- PACKAGE https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip
- WEB https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/blob/v3.3.1/lib/zip/entry.rb
- WEB https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/releases/tag/v3.4.0
- WEB https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rubyzip-before-3.4.0-path-traversal-in-zip-entry-extract-via-sibling-directory-prefix
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