Dart SDK and Flutter SDK have Zip slip in Dart Pub package extraction
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The Dart and Flutter SDKs provide software development kits for the Dart programming language. In versions of the Dart SDK prior to 3.11.0 and the Flutter SDK prior to version 3.41.0, when the pub client (`dart pub` and `flutter pub`) extracts a package in the pub cache, a malicious package archive can have files extracted outside the destination directory in the `PUB_CACHE`. A fix has been landed in commit 26c6985c742593d081f8b58450f463a584a4203a. By normalizing the file path before writing file, the attacker can no longer traverse up via a symlink. This patch is released in Dart 3.11.0 and Flutter 3.41.0.vAll packages on pub.dev have been vetted for this vulnerability. New packages are no longer allowed to contain symlinks. The pub client itself doesn't upload symlinks, but duplicates the linked entry, and has been doing this for years. Those whose dependencies are all from pub.dev, third-party repositories trusted to not contain malicious code, or git dependencies are not affected by this vulnerability.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dart-lang | sdk | before 3.11.0 | 3.11.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| dart-lang | flutter | before 3.41.0 | 3.41.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- sdk Vendordart-lang Affected before 3.11.0 Fixed in 3.11.0 Patch available CNA
- flutter Vendordart-lang Affected before 3.41.0 Fixed in 3.41.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA sdk (dart-lang) Fixed in 3.11.0
- Fix · CNA flutter (dart-lang) Fixed in 3.41.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-27704
References
Sources
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