
CVE catalog
CVE-2026-103060
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in erlang rebar3 allows a malicious package publisher to delete a directory outside the project's _build di
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.45% · Oct 25, 2026
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in erlang rebar3 allows a malicious package publisher to delete a directory outside the project's _build directory and extract package files into it when a developer fetches dependencies. A package release's dependencies in a Hex registry carry an app field that names the dependency's OTP application. rebar3 uses this field as the dependency's name without validating it (rebar_packages:parse_deps/1) and builds the dependency's directory from that name (rebar_app_utils:dep_to_app/7). rebar_fetch:download_source_online/2 deletes that directory with rm -rf and moves the fetched package into it. hex.pm didn't restrict the field to a directory name before 2026-10-12, so a publisher could set it to a value such as ../../../../target. When a project depends on such a release directly or transitively, rebar3 get-deps deletes the directory the name resolves to and writes the dependency's files there. This happens before the dependency's own rebar.config.script is evaluated, and get-deps compiles nothing. This issue affects rebar3: from 3.7.0-rc1 before 3.27.2.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | rebar3 | sid | 3.28.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | rebar3 | forky | 3.27.3-1 | fixed |
| Debian | rebar3 | trixie | 3.24.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | rebar3 | bookworm | 3.19.0-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | rebar3 | source | sid | 3.27.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | rebar3 | source | forky | 3.27.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | rebar3 | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | rebar3 | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [rebar3]Affected
Details (2)
3.19.0-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · rebar3 · debian · bookworm; nvd · rebar3 · debian · 12
3.19.0-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · rebar3 · debian · bookworm; nvd · rebar3 · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [rebar3]Affected
Details (2)
3.24.0-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · rebar3 · debian · 13
3.24.0-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · rebar3 · debian · 13
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