CVE-2026-43616
Path Traversal in Detect-It-Easy Prior to 3.21
Publication date: 2026-05-04
Last updated on: 2026-05-04
Assigner: VulnCheck
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| detect-it-easy | detect-it-easy | to 3.21 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-23 | The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
Detect-It-Easy versions prior to 3.21 have a path traversal vulnerability. This means that attackers can craft malicious archive entries containing relative traversal sequences or absolute paths. When these archives are extracted, the software does not properly normalize the paths, allowing files to be written outside the intended extraction directory.
By exploiting this flaw, attackers can write arbitrary files anywhere on the filesystem, including overwriting user startup scripts, which can lead to persistent code execution.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can allow an attacker to write arbitrary files to your filesystem outside of the intended extraction directory. This can lead to unauthorized modification or creation of files.
Specifically, attackers can overwrite user startup scripts, which may result in persistent code execution. This means malicious code could run automatically when the user logs in, potentially compromising the system's security and integrity.