CVE-2017-1000026

HIGH

Chef Software's mixlib-archive <0.3.0 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm

Description

Chef Software's mixlib-archive versions 0.3.0 and older are vulnerable to a directory traversal attack allowing attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by using ".." in tar archive entries

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

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Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0016

EPSS Percentile 36.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-22

Status published

Products (2)

progress/mixlib-archive < 0.3.0

rubygems/mixlib-archive 0 - 0.4.0RubyGems

Published Jul 17, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026