Security advisory
The ZipCommon::isValidPath() function in Zip/src/ZipCommon.cpp in POCO C++ Libraries before 1.8 does not properly restrict the filename value in the ZIP header, which allows attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks during the ZIP decompression, and possibly create or overwrite arbitrary files, via a crafted ZIP file, related to a "file path injection vulnerability".
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-1000472
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The ZipCommon::isValidPath() function in Zip/src/ZipCommon.cpp in POCO C++ Libraries before 1.8 does not properly restrict the filename value in the ZIP header, which allows attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks during the ZIP decompression, and possibly create or overwrite arbitrary files, via a crafted ZIP file, related to a "file path injection vulnerability".
osv:CVE-2017-1000472
Complete source record
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