CVE-2026-78638 (GCVE-0-2026-78638)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-25 05:30
Modified
2026-08-27 14:36
CWE
Summary
A flaw has been found in peerigon unzip-crx and unzip-crx-3 up to 0.2.0. This affects the function unzip of the file dist/index.js of the component Archive Extraction. Executing a manipulation of the argument destination can lead to path traversal. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
References
https://vuldb.com/vuln/394865 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/394865/cti signature, permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78638 third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/886400 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/peerigon/unzip-crx/issues/19 exploit, issue-tracking
https://github.com/peerigon/unzip-crx/ product
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
peerigon unzip-crx Version: 0.1
Version: 0.2.0
    cpe:2.3:a:peerigon:unzip-crx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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   peerigon unzip-crx-3 Version: 0.1
Version: 0.2.0
    cpe:2.3:a:peerigon:unzip-crx-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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