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CVE-2026-85396GHSA-47M2-WP7J-P9VC

rubyzip before 3.4.0 Path Traversal in Zip::Entry#extract via Sibling-Directory Prefix

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.4.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • rubyzip rubyzip

    fixed in 3.4.0

  • rubyzipRubyGems

    fixed in 3.4.0

References 6

GitHub · rubyzip/rubyzip

GitHub · geo-chen/oss

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