6.0
MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVE-2025-64346
archives: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Description

archives is a Go library for extracting archives (tar, zip, etc.). Version 1.0.0 does not prevent a malicious user to feed a specially crafted archive to the library causing RCE, modification of files or other malignancies in the context of whatever the user is running this library as, through the program that imports it. Severity depends on user permissions, environment and how arbitrary archives are passed. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.1.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 7, 2025, 6:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2025, 6:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update the archives library to version 1.0.1 to fix archive extraction vulnerabilities.
  • Update the archives library to version 1.0.1.
  • Validate archive integrity before processing.
  • Avoid processing untrusted archives.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/jaredallard/archives/commit/3bddec7bd3f38afbe97ae61d1c8a8487e9ea4ef1
https://github.com/jaredallard/archives/security/advisories/GHSA-j95m-rcjp-q69h
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description archives is a Go library for extracting archives (tar, zip, etc.). Version 1.0.0 does not prevent a malicious user to feed a specially crafted archive to the library causing RCE, modification of files or other malignancies in the context of whatever the user is running this library as, through the program that imports it. Severity depends on user permissions, environment and how arbitrary archives are passed. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.1.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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/jaredallard/archives/commit/3bddec7bd3f38afbe97ae61d1c8a8487e9ea4ef1
    Added Reference https://github.com/jaredallard/archives/security/advisories/GHSA-j95m-rcjp-q69h
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Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.0
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