CVE-2026-44788

SharpCompress is a fully managed C# library to deal with many compression types and formats. In 0.47.4 and earlier, a path traversal vulnerability in IArchive.WriteToDirectory() allows a malicious archive to create directories outside the intended extraction root. For TAR archives, this can be escalated to arbitrary file writes by chaining with a symlink entry, giving a full write primitive on the target filesystem subject to the permissions of the running process.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:adamhathcock:sharpcompress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

23 Jul 2026, 11:10

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Summary
  • (es) SharpCompress es una biblioteca C# totalmente gestionada para manejar muchos tipos y formatos de compresión. En 0.47.4 y versiones anteriores, una vulnerabilidad de salto de ruta en IArchive.WriteToDirectory() permite que un archivo malicioso cree directorios fuera de la raíz de extracción prevista. Para archivos TAR, esto puede escalarse a escrituras de archivos arbitrarias encadenando con una entrada de enlace simbólico, otorgando una primitiva de escritura completa en el sistema de archivos de destino sujeta a los permisos del proceso en ejecución.

05 Jun 2026, 18:10

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:sharpcompress_project:sharpcompress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:adamhathcock:sharpcompress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Adamhathcock sharpcompress
Adamhathcock

03 Jun 2026, 02:02

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:sharpcompress_project:sharpcompress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Sharpcompress Project
Sharpcompress Project sharpcompress
References () https://github.com/adamhathcock/sharpcompress/security/advisories/GHSA-6c8g-7p36-r338 - () https://github.com/adamhathcock/sharpcompress/security/advisories/GHSA-6c8g-7p36-r338 - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

27 May 2026, 14:16

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References () https://github.com/adamhathcock/sharpcompress/security/advisories/GHSA-6c8g-7p36-r338 - () https://github.com/adamhathcock/sharpcompress/security/advisories/GHSA-6c8g-7p36-r338 -

26 May 2026, 22:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-26 22:16

Updated : 2026-07-24 11:10


NVD link : CVE-2026-44788

Mitre link : CVE-2026-44788

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44788


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Products Affected

adamhathcock

  • sharpcompress
CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')