PT-2021-12081 · Github.Com/Whyrusleeping/Tar Utils+3 · Github.Com/Whyrusleeping/Tar-Utils+1

Published 2021-07-28 · Updated 2025-04-11 · CVE-2020-36566

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.1

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: No specific software or versions are mentioned in the provided descriptions.

Description: The issue is caused by improper path sanitization, allowing archives with relative file paths to write or overwrite files outside the intended directory.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-36566

GHSA-JPF8-H7H7-3PPM

GO-2021-0106

Affected Products

Github.Com/Whyrusleeping/Tar-Utils

Tar-Utils

References · 11

• https://github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils/commit/20a61371de5b51380bbdb0c7935b30b0625ac227 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jpf8-h7h7-3ppm · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36566 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2021-0106 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36566 · Security Note
• https://github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/118920 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/40831 · Telegram Post
• https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability · Note
• https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0106 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/55450 · Telegram Post