CVE-2026-47078

Published: Lug 27, 2026 Last Modified: Lug 27, 2026
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MEDIUM 4,8
Source: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
Attack Vector: local
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: passive
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A

Description

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Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Erlang OTP (stdlib zip module) allows writing files outside the intended extraction directory via a crafted zip archive.

zip:unzip/1,2 and zip:extract/1,2 validate entry paths using zip:check_dir_level/2, which tracks directory depth as a running integer counter: .. decrements it, normal path components increment it. The caller rejects only paths where the final counter value is less than zero. A path such as ../x/y causes the counter to go negative mid-traversal then recover to zero, passing validation while resolving to a location outside the extraction directory when joined with the current working directory via add_cwd.

This vulnerability is associated with program file lib/stdlib/src/zip.erl.

This issue affects OTP from OTP 27.1 before OTP 29.0.4, OTP 28.5.0.4 and OTP 27.3.4.15, corresponding to stdlib from 6.1 before 8.0.3, 7.3.0.1 and 6.2.2.4.

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Relative Path Traversal

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Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity Confidentiality Availability
Potential Impacts:
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands Modify Files Or Directories Read Files Or Directories Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Applicable Platforms
Technologies: Not Technology-Specific, Web Based, AI/ML
View CWE Details
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-47078.html
https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/8a933c9c7835b06776d31d17b79b7336627d887a
https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-rf72-wp7h-jg3x
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-47078
https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions