{"id":"CVE-2017-5946","aliases":["GHSA-gcqq-w6gr-h9j9"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5946","summary":"Directory traversal vulnerability in RubyZip","details":"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.","published":"2017-02-27T07:59:00.317Z","modified":"2026-10-20T10:49:30.364819214Z","cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"rubyzip","fixedVersion":"1.2.1"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/commit/ce4208fdecc2ad079b05d3c49d70fe6ed1d07016","label":"rubyzip/rubyzip@ce4208f"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3801"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96445"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/issues/315"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/releases"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5946"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/commit/ce4208fdecc2ad079b05d3c49d70fe6ed1d07016"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubyzip/CVE-2017-5946.yml"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200227185727/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96445"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-10-20T10:49:30.364819214Z"}}