Description
Detect-It-Easy prior to 3.21 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the filesystem by crafting malicious archive entries with relative traversal sequences or absolute paths. Attackers can exploit insufficient path normalization during archive extraction to write files outside the intended extraction directory and achieve persistent code execution by overwriting user startup scripts.
Published: 2026-05-04
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 04 May 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 04 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Horsicq
Horsicq die-engine
Vendors & Products Horsicq
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Mon, 04 May 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Description Detect-It-Easy prior to 3.21 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the filesystem by crafting malicious archive entries with relative traversal sequences or absolute paths. Attackers can exploit insufficient path normalization during archive extraction to write files outside the intended extraction directory and achieve persistent code execution by overwriting user startup scripts.
Title Detect-It-Easy < 3.21 Path Traversal Arbitrary File Write
Weaknesses CWE-23
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Horsicq Die-engine
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-04T19:39:05.720Z

Reserved: 2026-05-01T18:22:45.639Z

Link: CVE-2026-43616

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-04T19:38:58.358Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-04T18:16:32.830

Modified: 2026-05-05T19:50:11.910

Link: CVE-2026-43616

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-04T19:43:49Z

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