Extract has insufficient checks allowing attacker to create symlinks outside the extraction directory.

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    "title": "Extract has insufficient checks allowing attacker to create symlinks outside the extraction directory.",
    "summary": "Extract is aA Go library to extract archives in zip, tar.gz or tar.bz2 formats. A maliciously crafted archive may allow an attacker to create a symlink outside the extraction target directory. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.0. If you're using the Extractor.FS interface, then upgrading to /v4 will require to implement the new methods that have been added.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:48.980264462Z",
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/47xxx/CVE-2024-47877.json",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 517326,
  "published_at": "2024-10-11T16:36:29.763+00:00"
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