SB2025061756 - Absolute path traversal in Erlang/OTP
Published: June 17, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025061756
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4748)
CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary files to the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of .zip archives in the Erlang/OTP standard-library ZIP routines "zip:unzip/1,2" and "zip:extract/1,2". A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted .zip archive to the application and write files to arbitrary locations on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.