Description
A flaw has been found in peerigon unzip-crx and unzip-crx-3 up to 0.2.0. This affects the function unzip of the file dist/index.js of the component Archive Extraction. Executing a manipulation of the argument destination can lead to path traversal. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Published: 2026-08-25
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw has been found in peerigon unzip-crx and unzip-crx-3 up to 0.2.0. This affects the function unzip of the file dist/index.js of the component Archive Extraction. Executing a manipulation of the argument destination can lead to path traversal. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Title peerigon unzip-crx/unzip-crx-3 Archive Extraction index.js unzip path traversal
First Time appeared Peerigon
Peerigon unzip-crx
Peerigon unzip-crx-3
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:peerigon:unzip-crx-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:peerigon:unzip-crx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Peerigon
Peerigon unzip-crx
Peerigon unzip-crx-3
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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Peerigon Unzip-crx Unzip-crx-3
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T05:30:08.899Z

Reserved: 2026-08-24T23:03:20.154Z

Link: CVE-2026-78638

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-25T06:19:01.573

Modified: 2026-08-25T06:19:01.573

Link: CVE-2026-78638

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-22

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')