Medium
Security advisory
In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.31, 7.4.x below 7.4.24 and 8.0.x below 8.0.11, in Microsoft Windows environment, ZipArchive::extractTo may be tricked into writing a file outside target directory when extracting a ZIP file, thus potentially causing files to be created or overwritten, subject to OS permissions.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-21706
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:45 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.31, 7.4.x below 7.4.24 and 8.0.x below 8.0.11, in Microsoft Windows environment, ZipArchive::extractTo may be tricked into writing a file outside target directory when extracting a ZIP file, thus potentially causing files to be created or overwritten, subject to OS permissions.
osv:CVE-2021-21706
Complete source record
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"id": "c85b4ab06676ae5032b7f35ccb4e91e0bf75f7dad8953d2bf380809da0213785",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21706",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2021-21706",
"summary": "In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.31, 7.4.x below 7.4.24 and 8.0.x below 8.0.11, in Microsoft Windows environment, ZipArchive::extractTo may be tricked into writing a file outside target directory when extracting a ZIP file, thus potentially causing files to be created or overwritten, subject to OS permissions.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-21706",
"products": [],
"severity": "medium",
"structured": {
"id": "CVE-2021-21706",
"aliases": [
"BIT-libphp-2021-21706",
"BIT-php-2021-21706",
"BIT-php-min-2021-21706",
"CVE-2021-21706"
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"metrics": [
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"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
}
],
"affected": [
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"type": "GIT",
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"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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},
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}
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}
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}
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-21706.json"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:57.925037398Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0007/",
"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81420"
],
"provider_metadata": {}
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2021-21706",
"evidence": "/id"
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],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 438964,
"published_at": "2021-10-04T04:15:08.35+00:00"
}