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CVE-2022-41920

Status: ModifiedHigh (8.8)—
Severity8.8High · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability0.85 %higher than 58% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Lancet is a general utility library for the go programming language. Affected versions are subject to a ZipSlip issue when using the fileutil package to unzip files. This issue has been addressed and a fix will be included in versions 2.1.10 and 1.3.4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CVSS

Base score
8.8
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.85 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
58
Score date
10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Lancet Project — Lancet

CWEs

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