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CVE-2017-5946
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-02-27T07:59:00.317 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:21:29.360

Summary

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 products

rubyzip_project — rubyzip

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