High
Security advisory
Tar.php in Archive_Tar through 1.4.11 allows write operations with Directory Traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links, a related issue to CVE-2020-28948.
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- Affected versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-36193
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 1 Nov 2026, 08:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Tar.php in Archive_Tar through 1.4.11 allows write operations with Directory Traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links, a related issue to CVE-2020-28948.
osv:CVE-2020-36193
Complete source record
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