Command execution via missing zip option delimiter
Published Aug 26, 2026 · Updated Aug 26, 2026
Argument injection in Nathan Friedly bestzip before 2.2.6 and 3.0.0 through 3.0.1 allows attackers to execute shell commands. The native zip argument builder passes destination and source operands without a -- delimiter, letting hyphen-prefixed source paths become -T and -TT options that invoke a shell command. Exploitation requires an application to pass attacker-controlled source paths to the native zip backend; the command runs with the Node.js process privileges.
Summary
What happened
Argument injection in Nathan Friedly bestzip before 2.2.6 and 3.0.0 through 3.0.1 allows attackers to execute shell commands. The native zip argument builder passes destination and source operands without a -- delimiter, letting hyphen-prefixed source paths become -T and -TT options that invoke a shell command. Exploitation requires an application to pass attacker-controlled source paths to the native zip backend; the command runs with the Node.js process privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80427
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Nathan Friedly
- Product
- bestzip
- Classifications
- CWE-88, T1059.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 26, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.2.6
- Affected versionversion=3.0.0 <3.0.2
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- GHSA-p87m-9567-rgcc proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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