Path traversal in github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils
CVE-2020-36566

9.1CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils

Status
Github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 December 2022

What is CVE-2020-36566?

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

Affected Version(s)

github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils 0 < 0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b

References

https://github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils/commit/20a6137...
https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0106

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.1
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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