# CVE-2026-103060: Path traversal in rebar3 via unvalidated dependency app names

- Also known as: EEF-CVE-2026-103060, GHSA-6GGR-R7MH-2MV8
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.27.2
- Published: 2026-10-12 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- rebar3: from 3.7.0-rc1, fixed in 3.27.2
- erlang/rebar3: from 56b7d88975aa8da6446857cfd92de0825024bf63, fixed in e35282b26e499b1d9e8f30bba9dccd71cd8b02ba

## Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in erlang rebar3 allows a malicious package publisher to delete a directory outside the project's _build directory and extract package files into it when a developer fetches dependencies. A package release's dependencies in a Hex registry carry an app field that names the dependency's OTP application. rebar3 uses this field as the dependency's name without validating it (rebar_packages:parse_deps/1) and builds the dependency's directory from that name (rebar_app_utils:dep_to_app/7). rebar_fetch:download_source_online/2 deletes that directory with rm -rf and moves the fetched package into it. hex.pm didn't restrict the field to a directory name before 2026-10-12, so a publisher could set it to a value such as ../../../../target. When a project depends on such a release directly or transitively, rebar3 get-deps deletes the directory the name resolves to and writes the dependency's files there. This happens before the dependency's own rebar.config.script is evaluated, and get-deps compiles nothing. This issue affects rebar3: from 3.7.0-rc1 before 3.27.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rebar3, erlang/rebar3, upgrade to a fixed version (3.27.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/erlang/rebar3/security/advisories/GHSA-6ggr-r7mh-2mv8
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-103060.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-103060
- https://github.com/erlang/rebar3/commit/56b7d88975aa8da6446857cfd92de0825024bf63
- https://github.com/erlang/rebar3/commit/e35282b26e499b1d9e8f30bba9dccd71cd8b02ba

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