CVE-2020-7665
Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip)
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 1, 2020 at 01:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorU Root
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
This affects all versions of package github.com/u-root/u-root/pkg/uzip. It is vulnerable to both leading and non-leading relative path traversal attacks in zip file extraction.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/u-root/u-root/pull/1817x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMUROOTUROOTPKGUZIP-570441CVSS
7.5HIGHsnyk
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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