CVE-2026-39246decompress before 4.2.2 allows arbitrary symlink creation during archive extraction.
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decompress before 4.2.2 allows arbitrary symlink creation during archive extraction. When processing symlink entries (type === 'symlink'), the x.linkname field from the archive is passed directly to fs.symlink() without validation (index.js line 121). The preventWritingThroughSymlink check on line 98 only applies to file entries, not symlink creation. An attacker can craft an archive with symlink entries pointing to sensitive files outside the extraction directory (e.g., /etc/passwd), enabling information disclosure when the application reads the extracted contents.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
decompress_project decompress decompress_project:decompress | through 4.2.1 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/kevva/decompressproduct
- https://github.com/kevva/decompress/issues/114exploit, vendor-advisory
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/decompressproduct
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