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CVE-2020-36560

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-36560 is a critical path traversal vulnerability affecting the go_unzip_project go_unzip library. It allows attackers to write or overwrite arbitrary files outside the intended directory by crafting malicious archives with relative file paths. With a CVSS score of 9.1, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, leading to high impact on integrity and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, its critical severity warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:go-unzip_project:go-unzip:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0125 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/artdarek/go-unzipFixed in: 2.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-rmj9-q58g-9qggcritical

go-unzip vulnerable to Path Traversal

Dec 28, 2022

References

github.com / artdarek/go-unzip/commit/4975cbe0a719dc50b12da8585f1f207c82f7dfe0
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / artdarek/go-unzip/pull/2
ExploitThird Party Advisory
pkg.go.dev / vuln/GO-2020-0034
Third Party Advisory
snyk.io / research/zip-slip-vulnerability
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory