What is CVE-2021-23484?

CVE-2021-23484 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zip-Local Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-01-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-23484?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Zip-Local Project

CVE-2021-23484

The package zip-local before 0.3.5 are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip) which can lead to an extraction of a crafted file outside the intended extraction directory.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.021 (79.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Zip-local_project Zip-local
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

report@snyk.io (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
report@snyk.io (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
report@snyk.io (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23484?: CVE-2021-23484 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zip-Local Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-23484?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.