{"cve":"CVE-2020-36566","nvd":{"published":"2022-12-27T22:15:11.723","modified":"2026-06-17T03:15:45.333","status":"Modified","description":"Due to improper path sanitization, archives containing relative file paths can cause files to be written (or overwritten) outside of the target directory.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","score":9.1},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["https://github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils/commit/20a61371de5b51380bbdb0c7935b30b0625ac227","https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0106","https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability","https://github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils/commit/20a61371de5b51380bbdb0c7935b30b0625ac227","https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0106"],"products":["tar-utils_project:tar-utils"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:37:31.370122805+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-36566","score":0.01111,"percentile":0.65941,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-jpf8-h7h7-3ppm","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jpf8-h7h7-3ppm","summary":"tar-utils Path Traversal vulnerability","modified":"2023-11-08T04:03:47.788921Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils","ranges":["<0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b"],"fixed":["0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b"]}]},{"id":"GO-2021-0106","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2021-0106","summary":"Path traversal in github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils","modified":"2024-05-20T16:03:47Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils","ranges":["<0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b"],"fixed":["0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b"]}]}],"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."]}