Critical, CVSS 9.1GoPublished
tar-utils Path Traversal vulnerability
CVE-2020-36566 · GHSA-jpf8-h7h7-3ppm
- Affected
- Go github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils < 0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b
- Fixed in
- 0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Due to improper path sanitization, archives containing relative file paths can cause files to be written (or overwritten) outside of the target directory.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 0.0.0-20201201191210-20a61371de5b (pre-release) or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.