{
    "id": "CVE-2020-36193",
    "published": "2021-01-18 20:15:12",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 03:14:58",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-22",
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.70595",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99374",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-09-15",
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:26:58",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-09-15."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "drupal",
            "product": "drupal"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "fedoraproject",
            "product": "fedora"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "php",
            "product": "archive_tar"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2020-36193",
        "date_added": "2022-08-25",
        "due_date": "2022-09-15",
        "vendor": "PEAR",
        "product": "Archive_Tar",
        "name": "PEAR Archive_Tar Improper Link Resolution Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.html",
        "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/FOZNK4FIIV7FSFCJNNFWMJZTTV7NFJV2/",
        "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/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894",
        "https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001",
        "https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.html",
        "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/FOZNK4FIIV7FSFCJNNFWMJZTTV7NFJV2/",
        "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/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894",
        "https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-36193"
    ]
}