Apktool
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Path traversal in Apktool 3.0.0-3.0.1 enables malicious APK files to write arbitrary files during decoding operations, potentially achieving remote code execution by overwriting shell configuration files or startup scripts. This security regression, introduced December 12, 2025 when sanitization controls were removed from resource decoder logic, allows attackers to embed directory traversal sequences in APK metadata that escape output directories and target critical system files like ~/.ssh/config or Windows Startup folders. CVSS 7.1 with local attack vector and required user interaction. No active exploitation (CISA KEV) or public POC identified at time of analysis, but exploit development is straightforward given the detailed technical disclosure in GitHub advisory GHSA-m8mh-x359-vm8m.
Aprktool before 2.9.3 on Windows allows ../ and /.. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Apktool versions 2.9.1 and prior contain a path traversal vulnerability when processing Android APK files. Malicious APK resources with crafted filenames can write files to arbitrary locations on the system, enabling code execution on developer and CI/CD machines that analyze untrusted APKs.
Path traversal in Apktool 3.0.0-3.0.1 enables malicious APK files to write arbitrary files during decoding operations, potentially achieving remote code execution by overwriting shell configuration files or startup scripts. This security regression, introduced December 12, 2025 when sanitization controls were removed from resource decoder logic, allows attackers to embed directory traversal sequences in APK metadata that escape output directories and target critical system files like ~/.ssh/config or Windows Startup folders. CVSS 7.1 with local attack vector and required user interaction. No active exploitation (CISA KEV) or public POC identified at time of analysis, but exploit development is straightforward given the detailed technical disclosure in GitHub advisory GHSA-m8mh-x359-vm8m.
Aprktool before 2.9.3 on Windows allows ../ and /.. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Apktool versions 2.9.1 and prior contain a path traversal vulnerability when processing Android APK files. Malicious APK resources with crafted filenames can write files to arbitrary locations on the system, enabling code execution on developer and CI/CD machines that analyze untrusted APKs.