CVE-2026-107709
A path traversal vulnerability exists in Bower decompress-zip through version 0.3.3
- Risk score
- 49/100
- CVSS
- 7.8 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.2%
- Published
- 8 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- A path traversal vulnerability exists in Bower decompress-zip through version 0.3.3. The vulnerability located in lib/decompress-zip.js improperly validates archive entry paths during ZIP extraction. A crafted ZIP archive containing entries that resolve to prefix-sibling directories can cause files to be written outsi…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.8 high
References
Original description
A path traversal vulnerability exists in Bower decompress-zip through version 0.3.3. The vulnerability located in `lib/decompress-zip.js` improperly validates archive entry paths during ZIP extraction. A crafted ZIP archive containing entries that resolve to prefix-sibling directories can cause files to be written outside the intended extraction directory. Successful exploitation may allow arbitrary file overwrite, application compromise, or remote code execution depending on the target environment and writable sibling paths.
Last activity 8 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.