CVE-2026-81838: CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal in aws diagram-as-code
A relative path traversal issue in the zip extraction functionality in AWS diagram-as-code (awsdac) in versions 0.10 through 0.23 can allow a third party to write arbitrary files to the local filesystem via crafted zip entry names containing path traversal sequences. This could allow the third party to perform inappropriate actions in the diagram bundle. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to the version 0.24 or later.
CVE-2026-81838: CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal in aws diagram-as-code
Description
A relative path traversal issue in the zip extraction functionality in AWS diagram-as-code (awsdac) in versions 0.10 through 0.23 can allow a third party to write arbitrary files to the local filesystem via crafted zip entry names containing path traversal sequences. This could allow the third party to perform inappropriate actions in the diagram bundle. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to the version 0.24 or later.
CVSS v4.0
Score 6.8medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- AMZN
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-27T14:53:26.474Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Is Cloud Service
- true
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-090-aws/","vendor":"AWS"}]
Threat ID: 6a909d01acd9273b49b2d3c6
Added to database: 08/27/2026, 20:24:33 UTC
Last updated: 08/27/2026, 23:07:24 UTC
Views: 12
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