# Junrar has an arbitrary file write due to backslash Path Traversal bypass in LocalFolderExtractor on Linux/Unix

Advisory record · `GHSA-j273-m5qq-6825`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-j273-m5qq-6825` · `CVE-2026-28208`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.9 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-22](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html)
- **Tags:** [Path traversal](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/path-traversal.md)
- **Published:** 27 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 28 Feb 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 27 Feb 2026, 22:09 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `com.github.junrar:junrar` (Maven): affected `<7.5.8`; fixed in `7.5.8`

## Machine-written summary

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

> Junrar, the Java RAR extraction library (Maven com.github.junrar:junrar), is vulnerable in versions before 7.5.8 on Linux and Unix systems. An attacker who supplies a crafted RAR archive for extraction can write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary files outside the destination directory, which may lead to remote code execution. Upgrade to version 7.5.8.

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

- 5.9 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.15, the 96th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 14:21 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:21 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j273-m5qq-6825)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-j273-m5qq-6825](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j273-m5qq-6825)
- [OSV: GHSA-j273-m5qq-6825](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j273-m5qq-6825)
- <https://github.com/junrar/junrar/security/advisories/GHSA-j273-m5qq-6825>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28208>
- <https://github.com/junrar/junrar/commit/947ff1d33f00f940aa68ae2593500291d799d954>
- <https://github.com/junrar/junrar>
- <https://github.com/junrar/junrar/releases/tag/v7.5.8>

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.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-j273-m5qq-6825>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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