CVE-2018-1002200
plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.5 (v3.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 11.6% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-4128)
- Published
- July 25, 2018
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-4128 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- codehaus-plexus / plexus-archiver
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
Certified products that may be affected
7 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 NSS Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 4498 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3939 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OpenSSH Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3891 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3892 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OpenSSL Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3867 - historical
See all 7 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1836(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1837(Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/commit/f8f4233508193b70df33759ae9dc6154d69c2ea8(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/pull/87(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31680(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4227(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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