CVE-2018-1002200
plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 11.58% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- report@snyk.io
EPSS moved from 11.6% on 20 September 2026 to 11.6% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1836Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1837Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/commit/f8f4233508193b70df33759ae9dc6154d69c2ea8Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/pull/87Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerabilityExploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerabilityExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31680Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4227Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1836Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1837Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/commit/f8f4233508193b70df33759ae9dc6154d69c2ea8Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/pull/87Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerabilityExploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerabilityExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31680Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4227Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.