CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-107709

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.23%

13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker may overwrite arbitrary files, compromise the application, or achieve remote code execution, posing a serious threat to system security.

Recommendation

Update Bower decompress-zip to a version newer than 0.3.3 once a fix is available, and avoid extracting untrusted ZIP archives.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS