CVE-2026-78638 (GCVE-0-2026-78638)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-25 05:30
Modified
2026-08-27 14:36
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-22 - Path Traversal
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.
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Impacted products
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| peerigon | unzip-crx |
Version: 0.1 Version: 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:peerigon:unzip-crx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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