Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Assigned by eclipse

CVE-2026-78299

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-severity path traversal in Eclipse Embedded CDT (C/C++ Development Tools) from Eclipse Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Embedded CDT (C/C++ Development Tools) 6.0.0 – before 6.8.0

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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