What is CVE-2023-39139?

CVE-2023-39139 is a high-severity vulnerability in Archive Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-08-30.

How severe is CVE-2023-39139?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Archive Project

CVE-2023-39139

An issue in Archive v3.3.7 allows attackers to execute a path traversal via extracting a crafted zip file.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2023-08-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Archive Project — versions 3.3.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/brendan-duncan/archive/issues/265 (Issue Tracking)
ostorlab.co/vulndb/advisory/OVE-2023-5 (Exploit)
blog.ostorlab.co/zip-packages-exploitation.html (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-39139?: CVE-2023-39139 is a high-severity vulnerability in Archive Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-08-30.
How severe is CVE-2023-39139?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.