CVE-2022-48579 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2022-48579?

CVE-2022-48579 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

UnRAR before 6.2.3 allows extraction of files outside of the destination folder via symlink chains.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48579?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rarlab Unrar.

How do I fix CVE-2022-48579?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2022-48579 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48579 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2017-12940 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-12941 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-12942 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2012-6706 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-20006 Memory corruption in n/a High 7.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as AZL-27870, AZL-34592, CLEANSTART-2026-QU46977, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48579, DLA-3535-1, GHSA-pg3x-qpq9-p4v6 and 1 more.