CVE-2023-27475: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

March 7, 2023 (updated April 27, 2023)

Goutil is a collection of miscellaneous functionality for the go language. In versions prior to 0.6.0 when users use fsutil.Unzip to unzip zip files from a malicious attacker, they may be vulnerable to path traversal. This vulnerability is known as a ZipSlip. This issue has been fixed in version 0.6.0, users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-fx2v-qfhr-4chv
github.com/gookit/goutil/commit/d7b94fede71f018f129f7d21feb58c895d28dadc
github.com/gookit/goutil/security/advisories/GHSA-fx2v-qfhr-4chv
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27475

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