---
id: CVE-2025-4748
title: >-
  Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  vulnerability in Erlang OTP (stdlib modules) allows Absolute Path Traversal,
  File Manipulation
summary: >-
  Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  vulnerability in Erlang OTP (stdlib modules) allows Absolute Path Traversal,
  File Manipulation. This vulnerability is associated with program files
  lib/stdlib…
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-22
published: '2025-06-16'
updated: '2026-07-24'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4748'
references:
  - url: 'https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2025-4748.html'
    label: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/578d4001575aa7647ea1efd4b2b7e3afadcc99a5
    label: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/5a55feec10c9b69189d56723d8f237afa58d5d4f
    label: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/ba2f2bc5f45fcfd2d6201ba07990a678bbf4cc8f
    label: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
  - url: 'https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/9941'
    label: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
  - url: 'https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-9g37-pgj9-wrhc'
    label: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
  - url: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2025-4748'
    label: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
  - url: 'https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions'
    label: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
  - url: 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/5'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00292
epssPercentile: 0.19331
ingestedAt: '2026-07-24T15:30:57.723Z'
---

## Overview

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Erlang OTP (stdlib modules) allows Absolute Path Traversal, File Manipulation. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/stdlib/src/zip.erl and program routines zip:unzip/1, zip:unzip/2, zip:extract/1, zip:extract/2 unless the memory option is passed.

This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 28.0.1, OTP 27.3.4.1 and OTP 26.2.5.13, corresponding to stdlib from 2.0 before 7.0.1, 6.2.2.1 and 5.2.3.4.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.