Security News > 2018 > June > Zip Slip vulnerability affects thousands of projects

An arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability that can be exploited by attackers to achieve code execution on a target system affects a myriad of projects and multiple ecosystems, Snyk researchers have revealed. About the vulnerability The vulnerability, dubbed Zip Slip by the researchers, has been seen in the past before, but was never this widely spread, Snyk CEO Guy Podjarny told Help Net Security. “Zip Slip is a form of directory traversal that can be exploited … More → The post Zip Slip vulnerability affects thousands of projects appeared first on Help Net Security.

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