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CVE-2020-36561

Path traversal in github.com/yi-ge/unzip

Published: Dec 27, 2022Updated: Apr 11, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-22
9.1CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.3%
Top 31.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Due to improper path sanitization, archives containing relative file paths can cause files to be written (or overwritten) outside of the target directory.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

unzip project
oss-projectaka zipinfo, pzip, unzip
unzipLibrary
Consumer Software / file-utility
Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/yi-ge/unzip
OSS Libraries
github.com/yi-ge/unzip
oss-projectaka yi-ge unzip
github.com/yi-ge/unzipLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://github.com/yi-ge/unzip/commit/2adbaa4891b9690853ef10216189189f5ad7dc73
github.com
https://github.com/yi-ge/unzip/pull/1
github.com
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0035
pkg.go.dev
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