CVE-2020-36566 - 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 0.00141.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Tar-utils Project	Tar-utils

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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'}`

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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