CVE-2023-39138 — An issue in ZIPFoundation v0

An issue in ZIPFoundation v0.9.16 allows attackers to execute a path traversal via extracting a crafted zip file.

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue in ZIPFoundation v0.9.16 allows attackers to execute a path traversal via extracting a crafted zip file.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-02T13:55:21.776Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/weichsel/ZIPFoundation/issues/282
• blog.ostorlab.co — https://blog.ostorlab.co/zip-packages-exploitation.html
• ostorlab.co — https://ostorlab.co/vulndb/advisory/OVE-2023-4
• ostorlab.co — https://ostorlab.co/vulndb/advisory/OVE-2023-6