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Fencer Vulns
high 8.2

RUSTSEC-2026-0434 json

`ant-releases`: extracting a release archive can write files outside the destination directory (path traversal / zip-slip)

published 2026-10-31 8 d ago modified 2026-11-02 6 d ago

cvss
8.2
version 3.1, OSV
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
—
no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

`ant-releases` downloads and unpacks release archives from the `safe_network` / `autonomi` repositories. When it extracts an archive, it builds each output path by joining the archive entry's **own name** onto the destination directory, with no check for `..` or absolute components — a classic "zip-slip" path traversal (CWE-22 / CWE-23). A crafted archive can therefore create or overwrite files outside the intended extraction directory.

In `extract_release_archive` (`src/lib.rs`), the ZIP branch does:

```rust let out_path = dest_dir_path.join(file.name()); // raw zip entry name, no containment check if file.name().ends_with('/') { std::fs::create_dir_all(&out_path)?; // dir created outside dest_dir } else { let mut outfile = std::fs::File::create(&out_path)?; // file written outside dest_dir std::io::copy(&mut file, &mut outfile)?; } ```

## Proof of concept

A one-entry ZIP whose entry name is `../foo_pwned.txt`, passed to `AntReleaseRepoActions::extract_release_archive` (obtained via the crate's public `<dyn AntReleaseRepoActions>::default_config()`), writes `foo_pwned.txt` as a sibling of the destination directory, outside it. Confirmed against the published `0.4.3` crate.

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
OSV 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io ant-releases
>=0.0.0-0
no fix listed

References

Sources

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