CVE-2026-47078
MEDIUM
4.8
CVSS 4.0
Description
Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Erlang OTP (stdlib zip module) allows writing files outside the intended extraction directory via a crafted zip archive.
zip:unzip/1,2 and zip:extract/1,2 validate entry paths using zip:check_dir_level/2, which tracks directory depth as a running integer counter: .. decrements it, normal path components increment it. The caller rejects only paths where the final counter value is less than zero. A path such as ../x/y causes the counter to go negative mid-traversal then recover to zero, passing validation while resolving to a location outside the extraction directory when joined with the current working directory via add_cwd.
This vulnerability is associated with program file lib/stdlib/src/zip.erl.
This issue affects OTP from OTP 27.1 before OTP 29.0.4, OTP 28.5.0.4 and OTP 27.3.4.15, corresponding to stdlib from 6.1 before 8.0.3, 7.3.0.1 and 6.2.2.4.
Metadata
Severity & Metrics
4.8
MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L
Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erlang | OTP | — | 6.1 < * |
| Erlang | OTP | — | 27.1 < *, 8d537f51a4262d24f3395c4148323eaca9facbbd < 8a933c9c7835b06776d31d17b79b7336627d887a |
Weakness (CWE)
| CWE | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-23 | cna | CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal |
CVSS scores (1)
| Score | Severity | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | MEDIUM | 4.0 | cna | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L |
References (5)
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-rf72-wp7h-jg3x
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-47078.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-47078
- https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/8a933c9c7835b06776d31d17b79b7336627d887a