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CVE-2020-36566

9.1 criticalEPSS 1.1%

Critical (9.1) in tar-utils project tar-utils. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils 0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b.

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

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.1 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 65% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-22
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-jpf8-h7h7-3ppmGogithub.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils<0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b
GO-2021-0106Gogithub.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils<0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b

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