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 29.0.4, OTP 28.5.0.4 and OTP 27.3.4.15, corresponding to stdlib from 6.1 before 8.0.3, 7.3.0.1 and 6.2.2.4.
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Affected products
4- 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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1- Erlang/OTP: Six Vulnerabilities Disclosed in Debian Packaging on July 29, 2026Vypr Intelligence · Jul 29, 2026