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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-7061

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.15 and 7.4.x below 7.4.3, while extracting PHAR files on Windows using phar extension, certain content inside PHAR file could lead to one-byte read past the allocated buffer. This could potentially lead to information disclosure or crash.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-7061

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Feb 2020, 21:15 UTC

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.15 and 7.4.x below 7.4.3, while extracting PHAR files on Windows using phar extension, certain content inside PHAR file could lead to one-byte read past the allocated buffer. This could potentially lead to information disclosure or crash.

osv:CVE-2020-7061
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7061",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-7061",
    "summary": "In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.15 and 7.4.x below 7.4.3, while extracting PHAR files on Windows using phar extension, certain content inside PHAR file could lead to one-byte read past the allocated buffer. This could potentially lead to information disclosure or crash.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-7061",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-7061",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-libphp-2020-7061",
        "BIT-php-2020-7061",
        "BIT-php-min-2020-7061",
        "CVE-2020-7061"
      ],
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        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
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      ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-7061.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:23.754533244Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-57",
        "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-14",
        "https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79171"
      ],
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            ],
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            "extracted_events": [
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                  }
                ],
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              }
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        ]
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    },
    "related_cves": [
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430997,
  "published_at": "2020-02-27T21:15:18.927+00:00"
}