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High, CVSS 7.5Exploited · CISA KEV

Directory Traversal in Archive_Tar

CVE-2020-36193GHSA-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx

What to do

Vendor fix available. Upgrade each affected package to the fixed version on its release line (pear/archive_tar 1.4.13), redeploy, then verify what is actually installed.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
Confirmed: listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
CVSS
7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:H
EPSS
  • CVE-2020-36193: 70.59% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 99.39 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Tar.php in ArchiveTar through 1.4.11 allows write operations with Directory Traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links, a related issue to CVE-2020-28948. :exclamation: Note: There was an initial fix for this vulnerability made in version 1.4.12. That fix introduced a bug which was fixed in 1.4.13. Therefore we have set the first-patched-version to 1.4.13 which the earliest working version that avoids this vulnerability.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2020-36193

Advisory: Directory Traversal in Archive_Tar
IDs: CVE-2020-36193, GHSA-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2020-36193 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5)
Exploitation: confirmed: listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: pear/archive_tar 1.4.13. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Packagist pear/archive_tar: affected <= 1.4.11; fixed in 1.4.13

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Packagist pear/archive_tar: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on pear/archive_tar.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (CISA added CVE-2020-36193 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-08-25.)
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx lists affected ranges: Packagist pear/archive_tar >=0 <=1.4.11)

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