zip: `ZipArchive::extract` creates symbolic links whose attacker-controlled targets are outside the destination directory

In `zip` 9.0.0-pre2, `ZipArchive::extract` creates a symbolic link from an archive entry after validating only the output entry path. The link target bytes are passed directly to the platform symlink API, so a malicious archive can create an entry inside the destination that resolves to an attacker-chosen path outside it. This behavior was verified on macOS and Linux. On either platform, a subsequent application read or write through that extracted entry accesses the external target with the extracting process's permissions. For further details see: https://github.com/zip-rs/zip2/security/advisories/GHSA-4v9h-p7m9-rh26

Source published

9 Oct 2026 12:00:00 UTC

Source modified

16 Oct 2026 23:30:02 UTC

Observed here

24 Oct 2026 13:19:54 UTC

Source terms

OSV · upstream source license applies

Original source record · Cite this exact observation · Complete original publisher JSON

This view projects the publisher's source fields for reading; the original JSON retains additional fields and CVE enrichment containers. Attribution: osv · OSV · upstream source license applies. Source text is retained; field grouping and change labels are provided by ChangeIntel.