A flaw has been found in peerigon unzip-crx and unzip-crx-3 up to 0.2.0. This affects the function unzip of the file dist/index.js of the component Archive Extraction. Executing a manipulation of the argument destination can lead to path traversal. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Peerigon
  • Unzip-crx
  • Unzip-crx-3

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/peerigon/unzip-crx/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/peerigon/unzip-crx/issues/19 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78638 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/886400 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/394865 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/394865/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw has been found in peerigon unzip-crx and unzip-crx-3 up to 0.2.0. This affects the function unzip of the file dist/index.js of the component Archive Extraction. Executing a manipulation of the argument destination can lead to path traversal. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Title peerigon unzip-crx/unzip-crx-3 Archive Extraction index.js unzip path traversal
First Time appeared Peerigon
Peerigon unzip-crx
Peerigon unzip-crx-3
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:peerigon:unzip-crx-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:peerigon:unzip-crx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Peerigon
Peerigon unzip-crx
Peerigon unzip-crx-3
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2026-08-25T05:30:08.899Z

Updated: 2026-08-27T14:36:08.272Z

Reserved: 2026-08-24T23:03:20.154Z

Link: CVE-2026-78638

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-27T13:28:10.468Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-25T06:19:01.573

Modified: 2026-08-27T17:20:43.347

Link: CVE-2026-78638

cve-icon Redhat

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