CVE-2026-39246

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-10. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekElevated
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

decompress before 4.2.2 allows arbitrary symlink creation during archive extraction. When processing symlink entries (type === 'symlink'), the x.linkname field from the archive is passed directly to fs.symlink() without validation (index.js line 121). The preventWritingThroughSymlink check on line 98 only applies to file entries, not symlink creation. An attacker can craft an archive with symlink entries pointing to sensitive files outside the extraction directory (e.g., /etc/passwd), enabling information disclosure when the application reads the extracted contents.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(high)
EPSS
38.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 9, 2026

Last Modified

July 10, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 10, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

[CVE-2026-39246] Arbitrary symlink creation during extraction → information disclosure · Issue #114 · kevva/decompress · GitHub

https://github.com/kevva/decompress/issues/114
generic

GitHub - kevva/decompress: Extracting archives made easy · GitHub

https://github.com/kevva/decompress

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-39246(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 10× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-13 02:11 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-13 02:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-12 14:56 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.50
  4. 2026-07-12 14:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-10 17:52 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
  8. 2026-07-09 23:47 UTCNVD update
  9. 2026-07-09 21:42 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-09 21:40 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-39246?
CVE-2026-39246 is a high vulnerability published on July 9, 2026. decompress before 4.2.2 allows arbitrary symlink creation during archive extraction. When processing symlink entries (type === 'symlink'), the x.linkname field from the archive is passed directly to fs.symlink() without validation (index.js line 121). The preventWritingThroughSymlink check on line…
When was CVE-2026-39246 disclosed?
CVE-2026-39246 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 9, 2026, with the most recent update on July 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-39246 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-39246 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 38.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-39246?
CVE-2026-39246 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-39246?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-39246, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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