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CVE-2020-7664

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7664 describes a path traversal vulnerability in the ExtractTo function of the github.com/unknwon/cae/zip package, affecting all versions. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to write or overwrite arbitrary files system-wide by crafting a malicious zip archive containing paths with ".." sequences. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:compression_and_archive_extensions_project:compression_and_archive_extensions_zip_project:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0142 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/unknwon/caeFixed in: 1.0.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-vpx7-vm66-qx8rhigh

Path Traversal in github.com/unknwon/cae/zip

May 18, 2021

References

snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMUNKNWONCAEZIP-570383
ExploitThird Party Advisory