FKIE_CVE-2026-103060

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-10-12 16:17 - Updated: 2026-10-13 14:31
Summary
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.
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:2.3:a:erlang:rebar3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "modules": [
            "rebar_packages",
            "rebar_app_utils",
            "rebar_fetch"
          ],
          "packageName": "rebar3",
          "packageURL": "pkg:otp/rebar3?repository_url=https:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ferlang%2Frebar3\u0026vcs_url=git%2Bhttps:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ferlang%2Frebar3.git",
          "product": "rebar3",
          "programFiles": [
            "apps/rebar/src/rebar_packages.erl",
            "apps/rebar/src/rebar_app_utils.erl",
            "apps/rebar/src/rebar_fetch.erl"
          ],
          "programRoutines": [
            {
              "name": "rebar_packages:parse_deps/1"
            },
            {
              "name": "rebar_app_utils:dep_to_app/7"
            },
            {
              "name": "rebar_fetch:download_source/2"
            },
            {
              "name": "rebar_fetch:download_source_online/2"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/erlang/rebar3",
          "vendor": "erlang",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "3.27.2",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "3.7.0-rc1",
              "versionType": "semver"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://github.com",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:2.3:a:erlang:rebar3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "modules": [
            "rebar_packages",
            "rebar_app_utils",
            "rebar_fetch"
          ],
          "packageName": "erlang/rebar3",
          "packageURL": "pkg:github/erlang/rebar3",
          "product": "rebar3",
          "programFiles": [
            "apps/rebar/src/rebar_packages.erl",
            "apps/rebar/src/rebar_app_utils.erl",
            "apps/rebar/src/rebar_fetch.erl"
          ],
          "programRoutines": [
            {
              "name": "rebar_packages:parse_deps/1"
            },
            {
              "name": "rebar_app_utils:dep_to_app/7"
            },
            {
              "name": "rebar_fetch:download_source/2"
            },
            {
              "name": "rebar_fetch:download_source_online/2"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/erlang/rebar3",
          "vendor": "erlang",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "e35282b26e499b1d9e8f30bba9dccd71cd8b02ba",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "56b7d88975aa8da6446857cfd92de0825024bf63",
              "versionType": "git"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db"
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (\u0027Path Traversal\u0027) vulnerability in erlang rebar3 allows a malicious package publisher to delete a directory outside the project\u0027s _build directory and extract package files into it when a developer fetches dependencies.\n\nA package release\u0027s dependencies in a Hex registry carry an app field that names the dependency\u0027s OTP application. rebar3 uses this field as the dependency\u0027s name without validating it (rebar_packages:parse_deps/1) and builds the dependency\u0027s 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\u0027t 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\u0027s files there. This happens before the dependency\u0027s own rebar.config.script is evaluated, and get-deps compiles nothing.\n\nThis issue affects rebar3: from 3.7.0-rc1 before 3.27.2."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-103060",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-13T14:31:20.750",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV40": [
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          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackRequirements": "PRESENT",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "integrityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackComplexity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackRequirements": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "ACTIVE",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vectorString": "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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
          "version": "4.0",
          "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "vulnIntegrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED"
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        "type": "Secondary"
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2026-10-12T16:17:00.873",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db",
      "url": "https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-103060.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db",
      "url": "https://github.com/erlang/rebar3/commit/56b7d88975aa8da6446857cfd92de0825024bf63"
    },
    {
      "source": "6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db",
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    },
    {
      "source": "6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db",
      "url": "https://github.com/erlang/rebar3/security/advisories/GHSA-6ggr-r7mh-2mv8"
    },
    {
      "source": "6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db",
      "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-103060"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "weaknesses": [
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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-22"
        }
      ],
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      "type": "Secondary"
    }
  ]
}



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