CVE-2023-45685

Arbitrary file write via "zip slip" in Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers

9.1 Critical

Insufficient path validation when extracting a zip archive in South River Technologies' Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers on Windows and Linux allows an authenticated attacker to write a file to any location on the filesystem via path traversal

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: High
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

1.72%Up 1.7 points since Oct 17, 2023

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.1

Record: CVE-2023-45685
CVSS 3.1: 9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 9.1

Arbitrary file write via "zip slip" in Titan MFT and Titan SFTP servers

Record: CVE-2023-45685
CVSS 3.1: 9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2023-49974 9.1

Record: EUVD-2023-49974
CVSS 3.1: 9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7w42-6f8j-cx26 9.1

Insufficient path validation when extracting a zip archive in South River Technologies' Titan MFT...

Record: GHSA-7w42-6f8j-cx26
CVSS 3.1: 9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases, published	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-45685 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in South River Technologies Titan Mft, published October 16, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.72%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.