CVE-2026-78638 (GCVE-0-2026-78638)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-25 05:30 – Updated: 2026-08-27 14:36
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
peerigon unzip-crx/unzip-crx-3 Archive Extraction index.js unzip path traversal
Summary
A flaw has been found in peerigon unzip-crx and unzip-crx-3 up to 0.2.0. This affects the function unzip of the file dist/index.js of the component Archive Extraction. Executing a manipulation of the argument destination can lead to path traversal. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-27 13:28 UTC
CWE
- CWE-22 - Path Traversal
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://vuldb.com/vuln/394865 | vdb-entrytechnical-description |
| https://vuldb.com/vuln/394865/cti | signaturepermissions-required |
| https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78638 | third-party-advisory |
| https://vuldb.com/submit/886400 | third-party-advisory |
| https://github.com/peerigon/unzip-crx/issues/19 | exploitissue-tracking |
| https://github.com/peerigon/unzip-crx/ | product |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| peerigon | unzip-crx |
Affected:
0.1
Affected: 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:peerigon:unzip-crx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| peerigon | unzip-crx-3 |
Affected:
0.1
Affected: 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:peerigon:unzip-crx-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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