Hardening: Block path traversal in package install via composer.json name

features/package-install.feature

@@ -1417,6 +1417,29 @@ Feature: Install WP-CLI packages
       """
     And STDOUT should be empty
 
+  Scenario: Reject a ZIP package whose composer.json name contains path-traversal components
+    Given an empty directory
+    And a create-malicious-package-zip.php file:
+      """
+      <?php
+      $zip = new ZipArchive();
+      $zip->open( 'traversal.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE );
+      $zip->addFromString( 'traversal/composer.json', '{"name":"..","description":"path traversal test","type":"wp-cli-package"}' );
+      $zip->addFromString( 'traversal/vendor/autoload.php', '<?php /* COMPROMISED */ ?>' );
+      $zip->close();
+      """
+    When I run `php create-malicious-package-zip.php`
+
+    And I try `wp package install traversal.zip`
+    Then the return code should be 1
+    And STDERR should contain:
+      """
+      Error: Invalid package name '..':
+      """
+    And STDOUT should be empty
+    And the {PACKAGE_PATH}vendor/autoload.php file should not exist
+    And the {PACKAGE_PATH}local directory should not exist
+
   @github-api
   Scenario: Install package with --no-interaction fails fast on Git authentication errors
     Given an empty directory

src/Package_Command.php

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Composer\Installer;
 use Composer\Json\JsonFile;
 use Composer\Package\BasePackage;
+use Composer\Package\Loader\ValidatingArrayLoader;
 use Composer\Package\PackageInterface;
 use Composer\Package\Version\VersionSelector;
 use Composer\Repository;
@@ -302,6 +303,10 @@ public function install( $args, $assoc_args ) {
 				// Move to a location based on the package name
 				$local_dir          = rtrim( WP_CLI::get_runner()->get_packages_dir_path(), '/' ) . '/local/';
 				$actual_dir_package = $local_dir . str_replace( '/', '-', $package_name );
+				// Guard against path traversal: ensure destination stays within local_dir.
+				if ( ! self::is_child_path( $actual_dir_package, $local_dir ) ) {
+					throw new Exception( 'Invalid package: resolved destination path escapes the packages directory.' );
+				}
 				Extractor::copy_overwrite_files( $dir_package, $actual_dir_package );
 				Extractor::rmdir( $dir_package );
 				// Behold, the extracted package
@@ -1182,13 +1187,57 @@ private static function get_package_name_and_version_from_dir_package( $dir_pack
 			WP_CLI::error( sprintf( "Invalid package: no name in composer.json file '%s'.", $composer_file ) );
 		}
 		$package_name = $composer_data['name'];
-		$version      = self::DEFAULT_DEV_BRANCH_CONSTRAINTS;
+		$naming_error = ValidatingArrayLoader::hasPackageNamingError( $package_name );
+		if ( null !== $naming_error ) {
+			WP_CLI::error( sprintf( "Invalid package name '%s': %s", $package_name, $naming_error ) );
+		}
+		$version = self::DEFAULT_DEV_BRANCH_CONSTRAINTS;
 		if ( ! empty( $composer_data['version'] ) ) {
 			$version = $composer_data['version'];
 		}
 		return [ $package_name, $version ];
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether a path is inside (or equal to) a given parent directory.
+	 *
+	 * Resolves '.' and '..' segments without touching the filesystem so it
+	 * works even when the paths do not exist yet. Uses a case-insensitive
+	 * comparison on Windows where the filesystem is case-insensitive.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $path Path to test.
+	 * @param string $parent_dir Parent directory to test against.
+	 * @return bool True when $path is inside $parent_dir.
+	 */
+	private static function is_child_path( $path, $parent_dir ) {
+		$normalized_path   = self::resolve_dot_segments( rtrim( str_replace( '\\', '/', $path ), '/' ) ) . '/';
+		$normalized_parent = self::resolve_dot_segments( rtrim( str_replace( '\\', '/', $parent_dir ), '/' ) ) . '/';
+		if ( DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR === '\\' ) {
+			return 0 === stripos( $normalized_path, $normalized_parent );
+		}
+		return 0 === strpos( $normalized_path, $normalized_parent );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Resolves '.' and '..' segments in a path without touching the filesystem.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $path Forward-slash path to resolve.
+	 * @return string Resolved path.
+	 */
+	private static function resolve_dot_segments( $path ) {
+		$is_absolute = isset( $path[0] ) && '/' === $path[0];
+		$result      = [];
+		foreach ( explode( '/', $path ) as $part ) {
+			if ( '..' === $part ) {
+				array_pop( $result );
+			} elseif ( '.' !== $part && '' !== $part ) {
+				$result[] = $part;
+			}
+		}
+		$resolved = implode( '/', $result );
+		return $is_absolute ? '/' . $resolved : $resolved;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Gets the WP-CLI packages composer.json object.
 	 */