Appium is an automation framework that provides WebDriver-based automation possibilities for a wide range platforms. Prior to 7.0.6, @appium/support contains a ZIP extraction implementation (extractAllTo() via ZipExtractor.extract()) with a path traversal (Zip Slip) check that is non-functional. The check at line 88 of packages/support/lib/zip.js creates an Error object but never throws it, allowing malicious ZIP entries with ../ path components to write files outside the intended destination directory. This affects all JS-based extractions (the default code path), not only those using the fileNamesEncoding option. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.6.
History

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Appium
Appium support
Vendors & Products Appium
Appium support

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description Appium is an automation framework that provides WebDriver-based automation possibilities for a wide range platforms. Prior to 7.0.6, @appium/support contains a ZIP extraction implementation (extractAllTo() via ZipExtractor.extract()) with a path traversal (Zip Slip) check that is non-functional. The check at line 88 of packages/support/lib/zip.js creates an Error object but never throws it, allowing malicious ZIP entries with ../ path components to write files outside the intended destination directory. This affects all JS-based extractions (the default code path), not only those using the fileNamesEncoding option. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.6.
Title Zip Slip arbitrary file write in @appium/support ZIP extraction
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-10T17:33:41.009Z

Reserved: 2026-03-07T17:53:48.816Z

Link: CVE-2026-30973

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-10T18:18:56.063

Modified: 2026-03-11T13:53:20.707

Link: CVE-2026-30973

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