Aqua's archive extraction follows attacker-planted symlinks, allowing writes outside the install directory

Summary aquaproj/aqua extracts downloaded tool archives through pkg/unarchive/archives.go using github.com/mholt/archives. The archive handler creates symlink entries with os.Symlinkf.LinkTarget, dstPath without validating that the symlink target resolves inside the extraction destination. A...

GHSA-MF5C-HW34-4HPP Aqua's archive extraction follows attacker-planted symlinks, allowing writes outside the install directory

Summary aquaproj/aqua extracts downloaded tool archives through pkg/unarchive/archives.go using github.com/mholt/archives. The archive handler creates symlink entries with os.Symlinkf.LinkTarget, dstPath without validating that the symlink target resolves inside the extraction destination. A...

mholt/archiver Vulnerable to Path Traversal via Crafted ZIP File

A Path Traversal "Zip Slip" vulnerability has been identified in mholt/archiver in Go. This vulnerability allows using a crafted ZIP file containing path traversal symlinks to create or overwrite files with the user's privileges or application utilizing the library. When using the...

CVE-2025-3445

A Path Traversal "Zip Slip" vulnerability has been identified in mholt/archiver in Go. This vulnerability allows using a crafted ZIP file containing path traversal symlinks to create or overwrite files with the user's privileges or application utilizing the library. When using the...

CVE-2025-3445

CVE-2025-3445 (Zip Slip in mholt/archiver, Go) : A crafted ZIP can cause path traversal during archiver.Unarchive(zipFile, outputDir), permitting write/overwrite of files with the app’s privileges. This can lead to privilege escalation or code execution in affected setups. The advisory notes a TA...