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Goutil vulnerable to path traversal when unzipping files

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Goutil is a collection of miscellaneous functionality for the go language. In versions prior to 0.6.0 when users use fsutil.Unzip to unzip zip files from a malicious attacker, they may be vulnerable to path traversal. This vulnerability is known as a ZipSlip. This issue has been fixed in version 0.6.0, users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

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CVEs
CVE-2023-27475
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2 Nov 2026, 23:30 UTC · Revision 1

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Goutil vulnerable to path traversal when unzipping files

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Mar 2023, 17:40 UTC

Goutil is a collection of miscellaneous functionality for the go language. In versions prior to 0.6.0 when users use fsutil.Unzip to unzip zip files from a malicious attacker, they may be vulnerable to path traversal. This vulnerability is known as a ZipSlip. This issue has been fixed in version 0.6.0, users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

osv:CVE-2023-27475
Complete source record
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