Description
Due to improper path sanitization, archives containing relative file paths can cause files to be written (or overwritten) outside of the target directory.
Published: 2022-12-27
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-7667 Due to improper path sanitization, archives containing relative file paths can cause files to be written (or overwritten) outside of the target directory.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jpf8-h7h7-3ppm tar-utils Path Traversal vulnerability
History

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Tar-utils Project Tar-utils
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-11T16:22:21.352Z

Reserved: 2022-07-29T18:59:48.420Z

Link: CVE-2020-36566

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:30:08.433Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-27T22:15:11.723

Modified: 2025-04-11T17:15:35.127

Link: CVE-2020-36566

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Weaknesses