CVE-2020-7666
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/cpio. It is vulnerable to leading, non-leading relative path traversal attacks and symlink based (relative and absolute) path traversal attacks in cpio 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-GITHUBCOMUROOTUROOTPKGCPIO-570440CVSS
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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