CVE-2020-36566 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2022-12-27

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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/whyrusleeping/tar-utils

github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tar-utils_project:tar-utils:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7667	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-jpf8-h7h7-3ppm	tar-utils Path Traversal vulnerability

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 0.00622.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils/commit/20a61371de5b51380bbdb0c7935b30b0625ac227
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0106
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': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Tar-utils Project Tar-utils

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published: 2022-12-27T21:13:44.009Z

Updated: 2025-04-11T16:22:21.352Z

Reserved: 2022-07-29T18:59:48.420Z

Link: CVE-2020-36566

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:30:08.433Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-27T22:15:11.723

Modified: 2025-04-11T17:15:35.127

Link: CVE-2020-36566

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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