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TI-2020-06189 Aliases CVE-2020-7669GHSA-75qf-wgfj-v652

Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip)

Priority LOW 36CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

This affects all versions of package github.com/u-root/u-root/pkg/tarutil. It is vulnerable to both leading and non-leading relative path traversal attacks in tar file extraction.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0183 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed github.com/u-root/u-root (Go): 0.9.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—github.com/u-root/u-root/pkg/tarutilall versions—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/u-root/u-root (Go)before 0.9.00.9.0Patch availableGHSA-75qf-wgfj-v652
  • github.com/u-root/u-root/pkg/tarutil Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/u-root/u-root (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.9.0 Fixed in 0.9.0 Patch available GHSA-75qf-wgfj-v652

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:u-root:u-root:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableU-root
  • cpe:2.3:a:u-root:u-root:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·U-root

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-75qf-wgfj-v652 github.com/u-root/u-root (Go) Fixed in 0.9.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7669
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-75qf-wgfj-v652

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2020-06186 Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-06185 Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources

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