What is CVE-2018-10860?

CVE-2018-10860 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Perl-Archive-Zip Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-06-29.

How severe is CVE-2018-10860?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-10860 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Perl-Archive-Zip Project

CVE-2018-10860

perl-archive-zip is vulnerable to a directory traversal in Archive::Zip. It was found that the Archive::Zip module did not properly sanitize paths while extracting zip files. An attacker able to provide a specially crafted archive for processing could use this flaw to write or overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the perl interpreter.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2018-06-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.434 (98.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.487 · newest: 0.434 · change: -0.054

Affected products

Perl-Archive-Zip Project
[Unknown] Perl-Archive-Zip
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
Debian Linux — versions 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00032.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/3703-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104580 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4300 (vendor-advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/3703-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10860?: CVE-2018-10860 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Perl-Archive-Zip Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-06-29.
How severe is CVE-2018-10860?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-10860 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.