Fix code scanning alert no. 2: Arbitrary file access during archive extraction ("Zip Slip") #1214
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…xtraction ("Zip Slip")
Prevent zip extraction from processing arbitrary files.
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Fixes https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows/security/code-scanning/2
To fix the problem, we need to ensure that the file paths extracted from the zip archive do not contain any directory traversal elements like
... This can be achieved by validating the file paths before using them in file system operations.The best way to fix this problem without changing existing functionality is to:
..elements.We will add a validation step before using the file paths to create directories or files.
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