CVE-2026-85396
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
rubyzip versions before 3.4.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in Zip::Entry#extract that fails to properly validate extraction paths using prefix comparison without trailing separators. Attackers can craft archive entries with names like ../upload_backup/owned.sh to write files outside the intended extraction directory into sibling paths sharing the destination prefix.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–8.7
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affected products (1)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-47m2-wp7j-p9vcrubyzip path traversal vulnerability2026-09-03ghsa · osvUS
rubyzip versions before 3.4.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in `Zip::Entry#extract` that fails to properly validate extraction paths using prefix comparison without trailing separators. Attackers can craft archive entries with names like `../upload_backup/owned.sh` to write files outside the intended extraction directory into sibling paths sharing the destination prefix.
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references (6) nvd
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- https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/rubyzip.md
- https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip
- https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/blob/v3.3.1/lib/zip/entry.rb
- https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/commit/17edfbf4423b83211b075acc23a7d8640da63449
- https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/releases/tag/v3.4.0
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rubyzip-before-3.4.0-path-traversal-in-zip-entry-extract-via-sibling-directory-prefix
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