CVE-2026-47078
Description
Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Erlang OTP (stdlib zip module) allows writing files outside the intended extraction directory via a crafted zip archive.
zip:unzip/1,2 and zip:extract/1,2 validate entry paths using zip:check_dir_level/2, which tracks directory depth as a running integer counter: .. decrements it, normal path components increment it. The caller rejects only paths where the final counter value is less than zero. A path such as ../x/y causes the counter to go negative mid-traversal then recover to zero, passing validation while resolving to a location outside the extraction directory when joined with the current working directory via add_cwd.
This vulnerability is associated with program file lib/stdlib/src/zip.erl.
This issue affects OTP from OTP 27.1 before OTP 27.3.4.15, OTP 28.5.0.4, and OTP 29.0.4, corresponding to stdlib from 6.1 before 6.2.2.4, 7.3.0.1, and 8.0.3.
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/erlang&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/erlang27&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 28.5.0.4-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 28.5.0.4-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 27.1.3-3.1
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References
6- cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-47078.htmlnvd
- github.com/erlang/otp/commit/8a933c9c7835b06776d31d17b79b7336627d887anvd
- github.com/erlang/otp/commit/8d537f51a4262d24f3395c4148323eaca9facbbdnvd
- github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-rf72-wp7h-jg3xnvd
- osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-47078nvd
- www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.htmlnvd
News mentions
1- Erlang/OTP: Six Vulnerabilities Disclosed in Debian Packaging on July 29, 2026Vypr Intelligence · Jul 29, 2026