CVE-2017-5946

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Zip::File component in the rubyzip gem before 1.2.1 for Ruby has a directory traversal vulnerability. If a site allows uploading of .zip files, an attacker can upload a malicious file that uses "../" pathname substrings to write arbitrary files to the filesystem.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

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

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3801Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96445Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/issues/315Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/releasesThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3801Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96445Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/issues/315Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/releasesThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 27, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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