CVE-2020-11736

file-roller: directory traversal via directory symlink pointing outside of the target directory

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.9

CVSS 3.1

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Published · April 12, 2020

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended extraction location.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 3.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')