CVE-2018-1002206
Directory Traversal in SharpCompress
SharpCompress before 0.21.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a Zip archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
SharpCompress before 0.21.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a Zip archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.
- Record
CVE-2018-1002206- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
SharpCompress before 0.21.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a Zip archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.
- Record
CVE-2018-1002206- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-0666 No score
SharpCompress before 0.21.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a Zip archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.
- Record
EUVD-2019-0666- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fxh6-w476-hgr4
Directory Traversal in SharpCompress
SharpCompress prior to version 0.21 is vulnerable to path traversal issue in archive extraction.
- Record
GHSA-fxh6-w476-hgr4- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
SharpCompress before 0.21.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a Zip archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.
- Record
CVE-2018-1002206- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-fxh6-w476-hgr4
Directory Traversal in SharpCompress
SharpCompress prior to version 0.21 is vulnerable to path traversal issue in archive extraction.
- Record
GHSA-fxh6-w476-hgr4- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
sharpcompressNuGet |
before 0.21.0 | 0.21.0 |
SharpCompressNuGet |
before 0.21.0, plus listed versions 0.10.00.10.10.10.1.10.10.1.30.10.2 Show 42 moreShow less0.10.30.11.00.11.10.11.20.11.30.11.40.11.50.11.60.12.00.12.10.12.20.12.30.12.40.13.00.13.10.14.00.14.10.15.00.15.10.15.20.16.00.16.10.16.20.17.00.17.10.18.00.18.10.18.20.19.00.19.10.19.20.2.00.20.00.3.00.4.00.5.00.6.00.7.00.8.00.8.10.8.20.9.0 |
0.21.0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-1002206 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Adamhathcock Sharpcompress, published July 25, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.33%, the 95th percentile. Fixed in sharpcompress 0.21.0.
References
snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1002206