---
id: CVE-2026-78638
title: A flaw has been found in peerigon unzip-crx and unzip-crx-3 up to 0.2.0
summary: >-
  A flaw has been found in peerigon unzip-crx and unzip-crx-3 up to 0.2.0. This
  affects the function unzip of the file dist/index.js of the component Archive
  Extraction. Executing a manipulation of the argument destination can lead to
  path…
severity: low
cvss: 3.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
published: '2026-08-25'
updated: '2026-09-28'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-28T23:10:00.143'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78638'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/peerigon/unzip-crx/'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/peerigon/unzip-crx/issues/19'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78638'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/submit/886400'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/vuln/394865'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/vuln/394865/cti'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-09-28T23:23:00.539Z'
---

## Overview

A flaw has been found in peerigon unzip-crx and unzip-crx-3 up to 0.2.0. This affects the function unzip of the file dist/index.js of the component Archive Extraction. Executing a manipulation of the argument destination can lead to path traversal. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

## Remediation

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