CVE-2020-36193

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  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2020-36193
Tar.php in Archive_Tar through 1.4.11 allows write operations with Directory Traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links, a related issue to CVE-2020-28948.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916 Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/ Broken Link
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FOZNK4FIIV7FSFCJNNFWMJZTTV7NFJV2/ Broken Link
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/ Broken Link
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/ Broken Link
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894 Third Party Advisory
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916 Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/ Broken Link
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FOZNK4FIIV7FSFCJNNFWMJZTTV7NFJV2/ Broken Link
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/ Broken Link
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/ Broken Link
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894 Third Party Advisory
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001 Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-36193
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:php:archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

22 Oct 2025, 00:17

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References
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21 Oct 2025, 20:18

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  • {'url': 'https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-36193', 'source': '134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0'}

21 Oct 2025, 19:18

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  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-36193 -

21 Nov 2024, 05:28

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References () https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916 - Patch () https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916 - Patch
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/ - Broken Link () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/ - Broken Link
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References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/ - Broken Link () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/ - Broken Link
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/ - Broken Link () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/ - Broken Link
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001 - Third Party Advisory

28 Jun 2024, 14:07

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References () https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916 - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916 - Patch
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/ - Broken Link
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References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/ - Broken Link
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/ - Broken Link

07 Nov 2023, 03:22

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  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2021-0c013f520c', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2021-02996612f6', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2021-8093e197f4', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
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Information

Published : 2021-01-18 20:15

Updated : 2025-10-22 00:17

NVD link : CVE-2020-36193

Mitre link : CVE-2020-36193

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-36193

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora

drupal

  • drupal

php

  • archive_tar
CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')