CVE-2026-43616 json
Detect-It-Easy < 3.21 Path Traversal Arbitrary File Write
published 2026-05-04 6 mo ago modified 2026-11-08 24 h ago also EUVD-2026-27081
- cvss
- 7.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Detect-It-Easy prior to 3.21 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the filesystem by crafting malicious archive entries with relative traversal sequences or absolute paths. Attackers can exploit insufficient path normalization during archive extraction to write files outside the intended extraction directory and achieve persistent code execution by overwriting user startup scripts.
Patch / fix
- horsicq DIE-engine 3.21.0
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 6 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/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 |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- horsicq DIE-engine
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal
References
-
github.com
/horsicq/DIE-engine/releases/tag/3.21
release-notes, patch
-
github.com
/horsicq/Formats/commit/56cdf50ee3c72c56284e2819b23e98332842d259
patch
-
github.com
/horsicq/XArchive/commit/6a2aa84c2fd120b704f76bb5c5ee3e9b5a7a0fcc
patch
-
github.com
/horsicq/DIE-engine/commit/cbbe1688e58ffd430d284bf65f336973f083db69
patch
-
github.com
/horsicq/DIE-engine/commit/7fd300b926daf19707b2a36f0abe8b60a51308ee
patch
-
github.com
/horsicq/Detect-It-Easy
product
-
vulncheck.com
/advisories/detect-it-easy-path-traversal-arbitrary-file-write
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-43616
- NVD CVE-2026-43616
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