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medium 5.5

CVE-2018-1002200 json

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

published 2018-07-25 8 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-hcxq-x77q-3469 , EUVD-2022-4128

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.6%
EPSS 11.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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'.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-archiver 3.6.0
  • Codehaus plexus-archiver 3.6.0
  • plexus-archiver Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.6.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1002200

  • plexus-archiver Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
  • plexus-archiver Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 3.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1002200

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  • rh-maven33-plexus-archiver RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.4.2-5.1.el6
  • rh-maven33-plexus-archiver RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.4.2-5.1.el7
  • rh-maven35-plexus-archiver RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 3.4-4.1.el7
  • rh-maven33-plexus-archiver-javadoc RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.4.2-5.1.el6
  • rh-maven33-plexus-archiver-javadoc RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.4.2-5.1.el7
  • rh-maven35-plexus-archiver-javadoc RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 3.4-4.1.el7
  • plexus-archiver RHEL 7 2.4.2-5.el7_5
  • plexus-archiver-javadoc RHEL 7 2.4.2-5.el7_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:1837RHSA-2018:1836

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1002200 updated cvss 7.3

plexus-archiver: arbitrary file write vulnerability / arbitrary code execution using a specially crafted zip file

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) opendaylight
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) plexus-archiver 2.4.2-5.el7_5, plexus-archiver-javadoc 2.4.2-5.el7_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) plexus-archiver 2.4.2-5.el7_5, plexus-archiver-javadoc 2.4.2-5.el7_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) plexus-archiver 2.4.2-5.el7_5, plexus-archiver-javadoc 2.4.2-5.el7_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) plexus-archiver 2.4.2-5.el7_5, plexus-archiver-javadoc 2.4.2-5.el7_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) plexus-archiver 2.4.2-5.el7_5, plexus-archiver-javadoc 2.4.2-5.el7_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1836
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-maven33-plexus-archiver 2.4.2-5.1.el6, rh-maven33-plexus-archiver-javadoc 2.4.2-5.1.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-maven35-plexus-archiver 3.4-4.1.el7, rh-maven33-plexus-archiver 2.4.2-5.1.el7, rh-maven35-plexus-archiver-javadoc 3.4-4.1.el7, rh-maven33-plexus-archiver-javadoc 2.4.2-5.1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-maven33-plexus-archiver 2.4.2-5.1.el6, rh-maven33-plexus-archiver-javadoc 2.4.2-5.1.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-maven35-plexus-archiver 3.4-4.1.el7, rh-maven33-plexus-archiver 2.4.2-5.1.el7, rh-maven35-plexus-archiver-javadoc 3.4-4.1.el7, rh-maven33-plexus-archiver-javadoc 2.4.2-5.1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-maven35-plexus-archiver 3.4-4.1.el7, rh-maven33-plexus-archiver 2.4.2-5.1.el7, rh-maven35-plexus-archiver-javadoc 3.4-4.1.el7, rh-maven33-plexus-archiver-javadoc 2.4.2-5.1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-maven35-plexus-archiver 3.4-4.1.el7, rh-maven33-plexus-archiver 2.4.2-5.1.el7, rh-maven35-plexus-archiver-javadoc 3.4-4.1.el7, rh-maven33-plexus-archiver-javadoc 2.4.2-5.1.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-maven33-plexus-archiver 2.4.2-5.1.el6, rh-maven33-plexus-archiver-javadoc 2.4.2-5.1.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-maven35-plexus-archiver 3.4-4.1.el7, rh-maven33-plexus-archiver 2.4.2-5.1.el7, rh-maven35-plexus-archiver-javadoc 3.4-4.1.el7, rh-maven33-plexus-archiver-javadoc 2.4.2-5.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1837
  • Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio 9 plexus-archiver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 plexus-archiver, plexus-archiver-javadoc Red Hat Fuse 7 plexus-archiver Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2 plexus-archiver
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

11.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/pull/87 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • snyk.io https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • snyk.io https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31680 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-archiver
<3.6.0
3.6.0

Affected products

  • Codehaus plexus-archiver

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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