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    CVE-2026-56876 (GCVE-0-2026-56876)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-26 16:44 – Updated: 2026-06-26 16:44 Unsupported When Assigned
    VLAI
    Title
    extract-zip unvalidated symlink path traversal
    Summary
    extract-zip does not validate symlink targets when extracting zip archives. When processing a malicious zip file containing a symlink with a relative path like '../../../../etc/passwd', extract-zip will extract the symlink without validation, allowing it to point outside the extraction directory. Depending on how extract-zip is used, an attacker could read or write to arbitrary files.
    CWE
    • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
    • CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
    Assigner
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    max-mapper extract-zip Affected: 0 , < * (custom)
    Create a notification for this product.
    Date Public
    2026-06-15 00:00
    Credits
    Ziad Salah, Independent
    Show details on NVD website

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