Detect-It-Easy prior to 3.21 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the filesystem by crafting malicious archive entries with relative traversal sequences or absolute paths. Attackers can exploit insufficient path normalization during archive extraction to write files outside the intended extraction directory and achieve persistent code execution by overwriting user startup scripts.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
horsicq DIE-engine affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 3.21.0

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https://github.com/horsicq/DIE-engine/commit/7fd300b926daf19707b2a36f0abe8b60a51308ee cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/horsicq/DIE-engine/commit/cbbe1688e58ffd430d284bf65f336973f083db69 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/horsicq/DIE-engine/releases/tag/3.21 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/horsicq/Detect-It-Easy cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/horsicq/Formats/commit/56cdf50ee3c72c56284e2819b23e98332842d259 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/horsicq/XArchive/commit/6a2aa84c2fd120b704f76bb5c5ee3e9b5a7a0fcc cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/detect-it-easy-path-traversal-arbitrary-file-write cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 04 May 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Description Detect-It-Easy prior to 3.21 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the filesystem by crafting malicious archive entries with relative traversal sequences or absolute paths. Attackers can exploit insufficient path normalization during archive extraction to write files outside the intended extraction directory and achieve persistent code execution by overwriting user startup scripts.
Title Detect-It-Easy < 3.21 Path Traversal Arbitrary File Write
Weaknesses CWE-23
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-04T17:33:48.591Z

Reserved: 2026-05-01T18:22:45.639Z

Link: CVE-2026-43616

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-04T18:16:32.830

Modified: 2026-05-04T18:16:32.830

Link: CVE-2026-43616

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Updated: 2026-05-04T18:30:06Z

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