CVE-2026-56876 – extract-zip unvalidated symlink path traversal

​CVE ID :CVE-2026-56876

Published : June 26, 2026, 4:44 p.m. | 3 hours ago

Description :extract-zip does not validate symlink targets when extracting zip archives. When processing a malicious zip file containing a symlink with a relative path like ‘../../../../etc/passwd’, extract-zip will extract the symlink without validation, allowing it to point outside the extraction directory. Depending on how extract-zip is used, an attacker could read or write to arbitrary files.

Severity: 8.1 | HIGH

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