# zip: \`ZipArchive::extract\` creates symbolic links whose attacker-controlled targets are outside the destination directory

Advisory record · `GHSA-4v9h-p7m9-rh26`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-4v9h-p7m9-rh26` · `RUSTSEC-2026-0368`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 16 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `zip` (crates.io): affected `>=0.0.0-0, <9.0.0`; fixed in `9.0.0`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> The zip crate before 9.0.0 creates symbolic links in ZipArchive::extract after checking only the entry path, not the link target. A malicious archive can create links that point outside the destination, and later reads or writes through them access those external targets. Upgrade to zip 9.0.0 or later.

Written 3 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** No score.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 14:24 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:24 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2026-0368)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-4v9h-p7m9-rh26](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4v9h-p7m9-rh26)
- [OSV: GHSA-4v9h-p7m9-rh26](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4v9h-p7m9-rh26)
- <https://crates.io/crates/zip>
- <https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0368.html>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

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