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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2017-5946

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CVE-2017-5946

rubygem-rubyzip: Directory traversal in the Zip::File component

Published Modified CWE 22
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA, Ruby Advisory DB. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

The Zip::File component in the rubyzip gem before 1.2.1 for Ruby has a directory traversal vulnerability. If a site allows uploading of .zip files, an attacker can upload a malicious file that uses "../" pathname substrings to write arbitrary files to the filesystem.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
rubygems::GitHub Security Advisory RubyGemsrubyzip1.2.1
rubygems::Ruby Advisory Databaserubyzip>= 1.2.1
debian 11ruby-zip1.2.0-1.1
debian 12ruby-zip1.2.0-1.1
debian 13ruby-zip1.2.0-1.1
debian 14ruby-zip1.2.0-1.1
debian 7libzip-ruby0.9.4-1+deb7u1
debian 8ruby-zip1.1.6-1+deb8u1
echoruby-zip1.2.0-1.1
ubuntu 12.04libzip-ruby0.9.4-1+deb7u1build0.12.04.1

References

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