CVE-2020-36566
Path traversal in github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.62%
Description
Due to improper path sanitization, archives containing relative file paths can cause files to be written (or overwritten) outside of the target directory.
How to fix CVE-2020-36566
To remediate CVE-2020-36566, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Go/github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils—upgrade to 0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b or later
- —upgrade to 0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b or later
Is CVE-2020-36566 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b
- from 0, < 0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |