CVE-2025-64346
archives: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
archives is a Go library for extracting archives (tar, zip, etc.). Version 1.0.0 does not prevent a malicious user to feed a specially crafted archive to the library causing RCE, modification of files or other malignancies in the context of whatever the user is running this library as, through the program that imports it. Severity depends on user permissions, environment and how arbitrary archives are passed. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
archives: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
archives is a Go library for extracting archives (tar, zip, etc.). Version 1.0.0 does not prevent a malicious user to feed a specially crafted archive to the library causing RCE, modification of files or other malignancies in the context of whatever the user is running this library as, through the program that imports it. Severity depends on user permissions, environment and how arbitrary archives are passed. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.1.
- Record
CVE-2025-64346- CVSS 4.0
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-8630
archives is a Go library for extracting archives (tar, zip, etc.). Version 1.0.0 does not prevent a malicious user to feed a specially crafted archive to the library causing RCE, modification of files or other malignancies in the context of whatever the user is running this library as, through the program that imports it. Severity depends on user permissions, environment and how arbitrary archives are passed. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.1.
- Record
EUVD-2025-8630- CVSS 4.0
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j95m-rcjp-q69h
github.com/jaredallard/archives Has Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Impact
A malicious user could feed a specially crafted archive to this library causing RCE, modification of files or other bad things in the context of whatever user is running this library as, through the program that imports it.
The severity highly depends on the user's permissions and environment it is being ran in (e.g., non root, read only root container would likely have no impact vs running something as root on a production system).
The severity is also dependent on arbitrary archives being passed or not.
Based on the above, severity high was picked to be safe.
Patches
Patched with the help of snyk and gosec in v1.0.1
Workarounds
The only workaround is to manually validate archives before submitting them to this library, however that is not recommended vs upgrading to unaffected versions.
References
- Record
GHSA-j95m-rcjp-q69h- CVSS 4.0
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
archives is a Go library for extracting archives (tar, zip, etc.). Version 1.0.0 does not prevent a malicious user to feed a specially crafted archive to the library causing RCE, modification of files or other malignancies in the context of whatever the user is running this library as, through the program that imports it. Severity depends on user permissions, environment and how arbitrary archives are passed. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.1.
- Record
CVE-2025-64346- CVSS 4.0
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/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 - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
archives: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
archives is a Go library for extracting archives (tar, zip, etc.). Version 1.0.0 does not prevent a malicious user to feed a specially crafted archive to the library causing RCE, modification of files or other malignancies in the context of whatever the user is running this library as, through the program that imports it. Severity depends on user permissions, environment and how arbitrary archives are passed. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.1.
- Record
CVE-2025-64346- CVSS 4.0
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-j95m-rcjp-q69h
github.com/jaredallard/archives Has Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Impact
A malicious user could feed a specially crafted archive to this library causing RCE, modification of files or other bad things in the context of whatever user is running this library as, through the program that imports it.
The severity highly depends on the user's permissions and environment it is being ran in (e.g., non root, read only root container would likely have no impact vs running something as root on a production system).
The severity is also dependent on arbitrary archives being passed or not.
Based on the above, severity high was picked to be safe.
Patches
Patched with the help of snyk and gosec in v1.0.1
Workarounds
The only workaround is to manually validate archives before submitting them to this library, however that is not recommended vs upgrading to unaffected versions.
References
- Record
GHSA-j95m-rcjp-q69h- CVSS 4.0
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2025-3581 No score
github.com/jaredallard/archives Has Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
github.com/jaredallard/archives Has Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- Record
GO-2025-3581- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/jaredallard/archivesGo |
before 1.0.1 | 1.0.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-64346 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.0) in Jaredallard Archives, published March 28, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 32nd percentile. Fixed in github.com/jaredallard/archives 1.0.1.
References
github.com/jaredallard/archives/security/advisories/GHSA-j95m-rcjp-q69h
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64346