Medium severity · published Jul 27, 2026
CVE-2026-47078
Relative path traversal in zip:unzip/zip:extract via check_dir_level depth-counter bypass
4.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Erlang OTP (stdlib zip module) allows writing files outside the intended extraction directory via a crafted zip archive.
zip:unzip/1,2 and zip:extract/1,2 validate entry paths using zip:check_dir_level/2, which tracks directory depth as a running integer counter: .. decrements it, normal path components increment it. The caller rejects only paths where the final counter value is less than zero. A path such as ../x/y causes the counter to go negative mid-traversal then recover to zero, passing validation while resolving to a location outside the extraction directory when joined with the current working directory via add_cwd.
This vulnerability is associated with program file lib/stdlib/src/zip.erl.
This issue affects OTP from OTP 27.1 before OTP 27.3.4.15, OTP 28.5.0.4, and OTP 29.0.4, corresponding to stdlib from 6.1 before 6.2.2.4, 7.3.0.1, and 8.0.3.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OT
OTP · Erlang
27.1; 6.1; 8d537f51a4262d24f3395c4148323eaca9facbbd before 8a933c9c7835b06776d31d17b79b7336627d887a · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47078
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47078
cna.erlef.org
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-47078.html
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/8a933c9c7835b06776d31d17b79b7336627d887a
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/8d537f51a4262d24f3395c4148323eaca9facbbd
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-rf72-wp7h-jg3x
osv.dev
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-47078
www.erlang.org
https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions
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