CVE-2026-43616
HIGHDetect-It-Easy < 3.21 Path Traversal Arbitrary File Write
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Patch release-notes
patch
https://github.com/horsicq/DIE-engine/releases/tag/3.21
Product product
https://github.com/horsicq/Detect-It-Easy
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/detect-it-easy-path-traversal-arbitrary-file-write
Scores
CVSS v3
7.1
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
4.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-23
Status
published
Products (1)
horsicq/DIE-engine
< 3.21.0
Published
May 04, 2026
Tracked Since
May 04, 2026