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CVE-2026-14966
BBOT's unarchive module rejects archives containing symlink entries before extraction, but for zip and 7z archives it failed to detect symlinks whose listing carries a DOS-attribute prefix before the unix mode, as produced by legacy versions of p7zip. Such an archive, downloaded and extracted during a scan (for example via filedownload), bypassed the guard and caused an attacker-controlled symlink to be written into the extraction directory. The effect is limited to planting the symlink (its tar
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"BBOT","repo":"https://github.com/blacklanternsecurity/bbot","vendor":"Black Lantern Security","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"2.8.6","status":"affected","version":"2.3.1","versionType":"custom"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:37e316ef0c39df10c2d03c9070b57d0a7eb8ed9b1c6a71a1e4edfffdc4233749 · sha256:db23036425cfdb9c… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":3.1,"baseSeverity":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:37e316ef0c39df10c2d03c9070b57d0a7eb8ed9b1c6a71a1e4edfffdc4233749 · sha256:db23036425cfdb9c… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-59","description":"CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:37e316ef0c39df10c2d03c9070b57d0a7eb8ed9b1c6a71a1e4edfffdc4233749 · sha256:db23036425cfdb9c… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"url":"https://github.com/blacklanternsecurity/bbot/commit/a3f1a2292e2b0a553827c6175b761abe28807735"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:37e316ef0c39df10c2d03c9070b57d0a7eb8ed9b1c6a71a1e4edfffdc4233749 · sha256:db23036425cfdb9c… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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