CVE-2020-36561 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Due to improper path sanitization, archives containing relative file paths can cause files to be written (or overwritten) outside of the target directory.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00612.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

github.com/yi-ge/unzip

github.com/yi-ge/unzip

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.0.3-0.20200308084313-2adbaa4891b9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:unzip_project:unzip:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Unzip Project Subscribe	Unzip Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7611	Due to improper path sanitization, archives containing relative file paths can cause files to be written (or overwritten) outside of the target directory.
Github GHSA	GHSA-f5c5-hmw9-v8hx	Unzip vulnerable to path traversal

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/yi-ge/unzip/commit/2adbaa4891b9690853ef10216189189f5ad7dc73
https://github.com/yi-ge/unzip/pull/1
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0035
https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability

History

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published: 2022-12-27T21:13:22.650Z

Updated: 2025-04-11T16:38:20.416Z

Reserved: 2022-07-29T17:07:52.749Z

Link: CVE-2020-36561

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:30:08.435Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-27T22:15:11.623

Modified: 2025-04-11T17:15:34.397

Link: CVE-2020-36561

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22

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