CVE-2025-4748
Erlang OTP Path Traversal Vulnerability
Description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Erlang OTP (stdlib modules) allows Absolute Path Traversal, File Manipulation. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/stdlib/src/zip.erl and program routines zip:unzip/1, zip:unzip/2, zip:extract/1, zip:extract/2 unless the memory option is passed. This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 until OTP 28.0.1, OTP 27.3.4.1 and OTP 26.2.5.13, corresponding to stdlib from 2.0 until 7.0.1, 6.2.2.1 and 5.2.3.4.
INFO
Published Date :
June 16, 2025, 11:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
June 16, 2025, 8:15 p.m.
Source :
6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
Exploitability Score :
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Jun. 16, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/5 -
New CVE Received by 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
Jun. 16, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Erlang OTP (stdlib modules) allows Absolute Path Traversal, File Manipulation. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/stdlib/src/zip.erl and program routines zip:unzip/1, zip:unzip/2, zip:extract/1, zip:extract/2 unless the memory option is passed. This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 until OTP 28.0.1, OTP 27.3.4.1 and OTP 26.2.5.13, corresponding to stdlib from 2.0 until 7.0.1, 6.2.2.1 and 5.2.3.4. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Added CWE CWE-22 Added Reference https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/9941 Added Reference https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-9g37-pgj9-wrhc Added Reference https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions
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