Versions of `unzipper` before 0.8.13 are vulnerable to arbitrary file write when used to extract a specifically crafted archive that contains path traversal filenames (`../../file.txt` for example).

## Recommendation

Update to version 0.3.18 or later.

Affected Packages

npm unzipper

Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 0.8.13)

Related CVEs

CVE-2018-1002203

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-884w-698f-927f

Published

July 27, 2018 5:06 PM

Last Modified

September 11, 2023 10:41 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

npm

Primary Package

unzipper

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 13, 2025 6:30 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.