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CVE-2020-36561

critical

Description

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

References

https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0035

https://github.com/yi-ge/unzip/commit/2adbaa4891b9690853ef10216189189f5ad7dc73

https://github.com/yi-ge/unzip/pull/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-12-27

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00125