# CVE-2025-3445: GO-2025-3605 - Vulnerable to Path Traversal via Crafted ZIP File in github.com/mholt/archiver

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-3445-mholt-archiver-vulnerable-to-path-traversal-via-crafted-zip-file  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-08-05  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-3445 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-08-05

Vulnerable to Path Traversal via Crafted ZIP File in github.com/mholt/archiver

Technologies: [github.com/mholt/archiver (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-mholt-archiver). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-3445 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-3445 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-3445?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 5 August 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/mholt/archiver (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=3.5.1; github.com/mholt/archiver/v3 (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=3.5.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-3445?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-3445?** Check whether you run github.com/mholt/archiver (Go) or github.com/mholt/archiver/v3 (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- github.com/mholt/archiver (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=3.5.1
- github.com/mholt/archiver/v3 (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=3.5.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-3445
- GHSA-7vpp-9cxj-q8gv
- GO-2025-3605

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- [GO-2022-0799 - Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction in mholt/archiver in github.com/mholt/archiver](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2018-1002207-arbitrary-file-write-via-archive-extraction-in-mholt-archiver)
- [GO-2024-2698 - Archiver Path Traversal vulnerability in github.com/mholt/archiver](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-0406-archiver-path-traversal-vulnerability)
- [Path Traversal in MHolt Archiver](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2019-10743-path-traversal-in-mholt-archiver)