CVE-2026-43616 (GCVE-0-2026-43616)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-04 17:33 – Updated: 2026-05-04 19:39 X_Open Source
VLAI?
Title
Detect-It-Easy < 3.21 Path Traversal Arbitrary File Write
Summary
Detect-It-Easy prior to 3.21 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the filesystem by crafting malicious archive entries with relative traversal sequences or absolute paths. Attackers can exploit insufficient path normalization during archive extraction to write files outside the intended extraction directory and achieve persistent code execution by overwriting user startup scripts.
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-23 - Relative Path Traversal
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
horsicq DIE-engine Affected: 0 , < 3.21.0 (semver)
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Date Public ?
2026-04-06 00:00
Credits
Mobasi Security Team
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