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Safeguard articles tagged "zip-slip" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.

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Application Security

Detecting and preventing Zip Slip and path traversal in Java

Snyk's 2018 Zip Slip disclosure hit Amazon, Apache, and LinkedIn projects at once — here's how the flaw still hides in Java archive code today, and how to catch it.

Jul 14, 20265 min read
Application Security

Zip Slip vulnerability cheat sheet

A concrete, question-driven cheat sheet on Zip Slip: how the archive-extraction path traversal bug works, real CVEs, and how to detect and fix it.

May 29, 20268 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

Zip Slip: archive extraction path traversal explained

Zip Slip lets malicious archives write files outside their extraction folder via ../ paths — how it works, real CVEs, and how to detect and fix it.

May 3, 20267 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

What is Zip Slip Vulnerability

Zip Slip lets attackers escape archive extraction via path traversal to overwrite files and gain code execution. Here's how it works and how to stop it.

Mar 25, 20266 min read
Open Source

Archiver npm: A Security Review and Safe-Usage Guide

The archiver npm package builds zip and tar streams cleanly, but the real risks are on the extraction side and in its dependency tree. Here is how to use it safely.

Jul 22, 20255 min read
Open Source

adm-zip npm Security: Zip Slip Risks and Safe Extraction

adm-zip is a popular pure-JavaScript zip library for Node.js, and its history of path-traversal flaws makes safe extraction non-optional. Here is what went wrong and how to use it correctly.

Jun 9, 20255 min read
DevSecOps

maven-assembly-plugin: A Security Guide

The maven-assembly-plugin bundles your project into distributable archives. It builds archives rather than extracting them, which shapes exactly which supply chain risks apply to it.

Jun 3, 20255 min read
Software Supply Chain Security

Path Traversal in Dependency Installation: Writing Files Where They Should Not Go

Package archives can contain path traversal sequences that write files outside the expected directory. Most developers never check for this.

Sep 8, 20224 min read

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