Symlink guard bypass in unarchive module allows planting symlinks during extraction

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-14966
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerBLSOPS
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-08 16:16:27 UTC
Updated2026-07-08 17:17:19 UTC
DescriptionBBOT's unarchive module rejects archives containing symlink entries before extraction, but for zip and 7z archives it failed to detect symlinks whose listing carries a DOS-attribute prefix before the unix mode, as produced by legacy versions of p7zip. Such an archive, downloaded and extracted during a scan (for example via filedownload), bypassed the guard and caused an attacker-controlled symlink to be written into the extraction directory. The effect is limited to planting the symlink (its target is not written through), and only hosts using such a legacy p7zip build are affected; current mainline 7-Zip is not.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 3.1 LOW from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-59 | CWE-59 CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary3.1LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
3.1CNACVSS3.1LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Black Lantern Security BBOT affected 2.3.1 2.8.6 custom Not specified

References

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github.com/blacklanternsecurity/bbot/commit/a3f1a2292e2b0a553827c6175b76... [email protected] github.com
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