Low, CVSS 3.9MavenPublished
sbt vulnerable to arbitrary file write via archive extraction (Zip Slip)
CVE-2023-46122 · GHSA-h9mw-grgx-2fhf
- Affected
- Maven org.scala-sbt:io_2.12 >= 1.0.0, < 1.9.7
- Fixed in
- 1.9.7· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Impact Given specially crafted zip or JAR file, IO.unzip allows writing of arbitrary file. The follow is an example of a malicious entry: This would have a potential to overwrite /root/.ssh/authorizedkeys. Within sbt's main code, IO.unzip is used in pullRemoteCache task and Resolvers.remote; however many projects use IO.unzip(...) directly to implement custom tasks - https://github.com/search?q=IO.unzip+language%3AScala&type=code&l=Scala&p=1 Patches The problem has been patched in https://github.com/sbt/io/pull/360 sbt 1.9.7 is available with the fix. Workarounds A workaround might be use some other library to unzip. References - https://github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability - https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31680 - https://github.com/sbt/io/issues/358
Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.9.7 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.