{"cve":"CVE-2020-28949","nvd":{"published":"2020-11-19T19:15:11.937","modified":"2026-06-17T03:10:53.810","status":"Analyzed","description":"Archive_Tar through 1.4.10 has :// filename sanitization only to address phar attacks, and thus any other stream-wrapper attack (such as file:// to overwrite files) can still succeed.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161095/PEAR-Archive_Tar-Arbitrary-File-Write.html","https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/issues/33","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00045.html","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4V35LBRM6HBCXBVCITKQ4UEBTXO2EG7B/"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","drupal:drupal","fedoraproject:fedora","php:archive_tar"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:11:20.317016139+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-28949","score":0.84554,"percentile":0.99702,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2020-28949","date_added":"2022-08-25","due_date":"2022-09-15","vendor":"PEAR","product":"Archive_Tar","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}