CVE-2020-7666 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-7666

Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip)

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Georgios Gkitsas of Snyk Security Team

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

github.com/u-root/u-root/pkg/cpio
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 1st, 2020
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.