Zip-Slip: Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability in Unzipper npm Library (<=0.8.13)

CVE-2018-1002203 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

unzipper npm library before 0.8.13 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a Zip archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

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