Path Traversal in Develar App-Builder

CVE-2026-13723

A vulnerability in the `zipx.Unzip` extraction routine of Develar's app-builder allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on macOS APFS by exploiting a Unicode Normalization Collision combined with symlink following behavior. APFS treats certain Unicode equivalent filenames as identical (e.g., ß ↔ ss), while app builder performs no canonical normalization before validating or writing paths. As a result, a crafted ZIP archive containing: • a symlink entry named ss pointing to a target file, and • a regular file named ß containing attacker controlled data, will cause the second write to follow the symlink and overwrite the target file.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.005 (38.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-13723?
CVE-2026-13723 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Develar App-Builder, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2026-13723?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.