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CVE-2018-1002200

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in plexus-archiver

5.5 MediumPublic exploitFix available

plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an 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

11.6%Up 9.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

Record
CVE-2018-1002200
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

Record
CVE-2018-1002200
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4128 No score

plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

Record
EUVD-2022-4128
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hcxq-x77q-3469 5.5

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in plexus-archiver

plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

Record
GHSA-hcxq-x77q-3469
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS: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 5.5

plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

Record
CVE-2018-1002200
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-1002200 5.5

plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1002200
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVGHSA-hcxq-x77q-3469 5.5

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in plexus-archiver

plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

Record
GHSA-hcxq-x77q-3469
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS: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
OSVRHSA-2018:1836 7.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: plexus-archiver security update

Record
RHSA-2018:1836
CVSS 3.0
7.3 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2018:1837 7.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-maven33-plexus-archiver and rh-maven35-plexus-archiver security update

Record
RHSA-2018:1837
CVSS 3.0
7.3 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-1002200 5.5

plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1002200
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2019-0005 No score

Updated plexus-archiver packages fix security vulnerability

A path traversal vulnerability has been discovered in plexus-archiver when extracting a carefully crafted zip file which holds path traversal file names. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to write files outside the target directory and overwrite existing files with malicious code or vulnerable configurations (CVE-2018-1002200).

Record
MGASA-2019-0005
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4832-1 No score

plexus-archiver vulnerability

It was discovered that Plexus Archiver incorrectly handled directory traversal during extraction. An attacker could possibly use this for a Zip-Slip attack.

Record
USN-4832-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-archiver
Maven
 before 3.6.0
3.6.0
plexus-archiver
Debian:12
 before 3.6.0-1
3.6.0-1
plexus-archiver
Debian:13
 before 3.6.0-1
3.6.0-1
plexus-archiver
Debian:14
 before 3.6.0-1
3.6.0-1
plexus-archiver
Debian:8
 before 1.2-1+deb8u1, plus listed versions
1.2-1
1.2-1+deb8u1
plexus-archiver
Debian:9
 before 2.2-1+deb9u1, plus listed versions
2.2-1
2.2-1+deb9u1
org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-archiver
Maven
 before 3.6.0, plus listed versions
1.01.0-alpha-101.0-alpha-111.0-alpha-121.0-alpha-3
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1.0-alpha-41.0-alpha-51.0-alpha-61.0-alpha-71.0-alpha-81.0-alpha-91.11.22.02.0.12.0.22.12.1.12.1.22.102.10-beta-12.10.12.10.22.10.32.112.22.32.42.4.12.4.32.4.42.52.62.6.12.6.22.6.32.6.42.72.7.12.82.8.12.8.22.8.32.8.42.92.9.13.03.0.13.0.23.0.3
3.6.0
plexus-archiver
Mageia:6
 before 3.4-1.1.mga6
3.4-1.1.mga6
plexus-archiver
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
plexus-archiver-javadoc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
plexus-archiver
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
plexus-archiver-javadoc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
plexus-archiver
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
plexus-archiver-javadoc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
plexus-archiver
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
plexus-archiver-javadoc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
0:2.4.2-5.el7_5
rh-maven33-plexus-archiver
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6
 before 0:2.4.2-5.1.el6
0:2.4.2-5.1.el6
rh-maven33-plexus-archiver-javadoc
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el6
 before 0:2.4.2-5.1.el6
0:2.4.2-5.1.el6
rh-maven35-plexus-archiver
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7
 before 0:3.4-4.1.el7
0:3.4-4.1.el7
rh-maven35-plexus-archiver-javadoc
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7
 before 0:3.4-4.1.el7
0:3.4-4.1.el7
rh-maven33-plexus-archiver
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7
 before 0:2.4.2-5.1.el7
0:2.4.2-5.1.el7
rh-maven33-plexus-archiver-javadoc
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7
 before 0:2.4.2-5.1.el7
0:2.4.2-5.1.el7
plexus-archiver
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 2.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1, plus listed versions
2.2-1
2.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
plexus-archiver
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
 before 3.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
3.5-2
3.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHubshoucheng3/codehaus-plexus__plexus-archiver_CVE-2018-1002200_3-52025-08-19

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

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

In short

CVE-2018-1002200 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Codehaus Plexus-archiver, published June 12, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.6%, the 96th percentile. Fixed in org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-archiver 3.6.0.

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