Name: CVE-2026-78299: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2026-78299, CWE-22, CVSS 9.1, EPSS 0.00537

In Eclipse Embedded CDT versions 6.0 to 6.7 if the CMSIS-Pack archive extracts a compromised CMSIS pack the archive extraction can extract files to locations outside of the pack, allowing writing of arbitrary files to other locations on disk.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

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