Tar.php in Archive_Tar through 1.4.11 allows write operations with Directory Traversal…
Priority CRITICAL 90Exploited in the wildCWE-59Published · 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
- Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2022-08-25CISA due date 2022-09-15
EPSS 0.70595 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial pear/archive_tar (Packagist): 1.4.13Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 3 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Active
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | pear/archive_tar (Packagist) | before 1.4.13 | 1.4.13 | Patch available | GHSA-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- pear/archive_tar (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 1.4.13 Fixed in 1.4.13 Patch available GHSA-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx
CPE configurations NVD · 8
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:php:archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.4.11 | Vulnerable | PHP |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 32 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 33 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 34 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 35 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0 to before 7.78; 8.9.0 to before 8.9.13; 9.0.0 to before 9.0.11; 9.1.0 to before 9.1.3 | Vulnerable | Drupal |
- cpe:2.3:a:php:archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.4.11 Vulnerable ·PHP
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 32 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 33 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 34 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 35 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 to before 7.78; 8.9.0 to before 8.9.13; 9.0.0 to before 9.0.11; 9.1.0 to before 9.1.3 Vulnerable ·Drupal
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx pear/archive_tar (Packagist) Fixed in 1.4.13 Advisory →
Red Hat 3 advisories
- RHSA-2022:7340 Released 2022-11-02 · Red Hat rating Moderatephp-pear security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) php-pear-1:1.9.4-23.el7_9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) php-pear-1:1.9.4-23.el7_9
- RHSA-2022:6542 Released 2022-09-15 · Red Hat rating Moderatephp:7.4 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) apcu-panel-5.1.18-1.module+el8.3.0+6678+b09f589e.noarch::php:7.4, libzip-1.6.1-1.module+el8.3.0+6678+b09f589e.aarch64::php:7.4, libzip-1.6.1-1.module+el8.3.0+6678+b09f589e.ppc64le::php:7.4 +47
- RHSA-2022:6541 Released 2022-09-15 · Red Hat rating Moderatephp:7.4 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) apcu-panel-5.1.18-1.module+el8.3.0+6678+b09f589e.noarch::php:7.4, libzip-1.6.1-1.module+el8.3.0+6678+b09f589e.aarch64::php:7.4, libzip-1.6.1-1.module+el8.3.0+6678+b09f589e.ppc64le::php:7.4 +47
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6542 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6541 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) | Fixed | RHSA-2022:7340 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) | Fixed | RHSA-2022:7340 |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2022-08-25 Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36193
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx
References
Advisory 10
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210121 [SECURITY] [DLA-2530-1] drupal7 security update
- GLSA-202101-23
- FEDORA-2021-02996612f6
- FEDORA-2021-dc7de65eed
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210408 [SECURITY] [DLA 2621-1] php-pear security update
- DSA-4894
- FEDORA-2021-8093e197f4
- FEDORA-2021-0c013f520c
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36193
Other 12
- https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/issues/35
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-36193
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FOZNK4FIIV7FSFCJNNFWMJZTTV7NFJV2
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH
- 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/FOZNK4FIIV7FSFCJNNFWMJZTTV7NFJV2
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR
- https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/pear/archive_tar/CVE-2020-36193.yaml
More PEAR vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-17477 Archive_Tar through 1.4.10 has :// filename sanitization only to address phar attacks… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2009-03817 Argument injection vulnerability in the traceroute function in Traceroute.php in the… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2009-03816 Argument injection vulnerability in the ping function in Ping.php in the Net_Ping package… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2017-03676 PEAR HTML_AJAX 0.3.0 through 0.5.7 has a PHP Object Injection Vulnerability in the PHP… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-20389 PEAR is Vulnerable to SQL Injection in /get/<package>/<version> Endpoint CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-20385 PEAR is Vulnerable to PHP Code Execution via preg_replace /e in Bug Update Emails CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
Sources
- CVE-2020-36193 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-36193 · NVD
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-36193 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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