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CVE-2020-36193

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Path traversal · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
7.5CVSS HIGH ● exploited
🔴 Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities). Added to KEV 2022-08-25. US federal agencies must patch by 2022-09-15.

Summary

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.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)71%

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916 ↗

Last checked: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:18:30 UTC