Arbitrary File Write

Bug reported by newby was disclosed at October 19, 2025, 9:19 pm   |   Path Traversal

A path traversal vulnerability was discovered in the protodump tool. The vulnerability allowed for arbitrary file writes outside the intended output directory due to insufficient validation of the go_package option extracted from embedded protobuf descriptors. The Filename() function extracted the go_package option without sanitization, enabling an attacker to create a malicious binary with a crafted go_package value containing path traversal sequences. When the user ran protodump on this binary, the tool wrote the extracted proto file to an arbitrary location on the filesystem.