Path Traversal in Horsicq Detect-It-Easy
CVE-2026-43616
Detect-It-Easy prior to 3.21 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the filesystem by crafting malicious archive entries with relative traversal sequences or absolute paths. Attackers can exploit insufficient path normalization during archive extraction to write files outside the intended extraction directory and achieve persistent code execution by overwriting user startup scripts.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (10.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Horsicq Detect-It-Easy
- Horsicq Die-Engine — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/horsicq/DIE-engine/releases/tag/3.21 (release-notes, Release Notes, patch)
- github.com/horsicq/Detect-It-Easy (Product, product)
- github.com/horsicq/Formats/commit/56cdf50ee3c72c56284e2819b23e98332842d259 (Patch, patch)
- github.com/horsicq/XArchive/commit/6a2aa84c2fd120b704f76bb5c5ee3e9b5a7a0fcc (Patch, patch)
- github.com/horsicq/DIE-engine/commit/cbbe1688e58ffd430d284bf65f336973f083db69 (Patch, patch)
- github.com/horsicq/DIE-engine/commit/7fd300b926daf19707b2a36f0abe8b60a51308ee (Patch, patch)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/detect-it-easy-path-traversal-arbitrary-file-write (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-43616?
- CVE-2026-43616 is a high-severity vulnerability in Horsicq Detect-It-Easy, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-05-04.
- How severe is CVE-2026-43616?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.