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TI-2019-08008 Aliases CVE-2019-10743GHSA-h74j-692g-48mq

Path traversal in archiver

Priority LOW 34CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

All versions of archiver allow attacker to perform a Zip Slip attack via the "unarchive" functions. It is exploited using a specially crafted zip archive, that holds path traversal filenames. When exploited, a filename in a malicious archive is concatenated to the target extraction directory, which results in the final path ending up outside of the target folder. For instance, a zip may hold a file with a "../../file.exe" location and thus break out of the target folder. If an executable or a configuration file is overwritten with a file containing malicious code, the problem can turn into an arbitrary code execution issue quite easily.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06352 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial github.com/mholt/archiver (Go): 3.3.2Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—archiverAll versions—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/mholt/archiver (Go)3.0.0 to before 3.3.23.3.2Patch availableGHSA-h74j-692g-48mq
  • archiver Vendor— Affected All versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/mholt/archiver (Go) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.3.2 Fixed in 3.3.2 Patch available GHSA-h74j-692g-48mq

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:archiver_project:archiver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0 to before 3.3.2VulnerableArchiver Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:archiver_project:archiver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 to before 3.3.2 Vulnerable ·Archiver Project

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-h74j-692g-48mq github.com/mholt/archiver (Go) Fixed in 3.3.2 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3AffectedNo fix yet
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-10743
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h74j-692g-48mq

References

  • TI-2018-16139 Path traversal in Go standard library archiver CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5

Sources