CVE-2026-56876
⚠️ highSummary
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.
CVSS Score
8.1
High
EPSS Score
0.3
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-06-26
First Seen: 2026-06-27
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is High Risk - more severe than 77.4% of all 330,245 vulnerabilities in our database.
#74,501
Top 25% most severe
Severity Percentile
Last Modified
2026-06-26
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X