01 Record

CVE-2020-29529

HashiCorp go-slug up to 0.4.3 did not fully protect against directory traversal while unpacking tar archives, and protections could be bypassed with specific constructions of multiple symlinks. Fixed

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

HashiCorp go-slug up to 0.4.3 did not fully protect against directory traversal while unpacking tar archives, and protections could be bypassed with specific constructions of multiple symlinks. Fixed

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 2.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 86.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2020-12-03 19:04Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 16:55Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-12-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2a9916945d8f472c71fddbcc4e32fb039db3b3ff60c13fa48ed127f63e49eb4e

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

hashicorpgo-slugNot specified—

redhatacmNot specified—

06 References

github.comhttps://github.com/hashicorp/go-slug/releases/tag/v0.5.0x_refsource_MISC
github.comhttps://github.com/hashicorp/go-slug/compare/v0.4.3...v0.5.0x_refsource_MISC
github.comhttps://github.com/hashicorp/go-slug/pull/12x_refsource_MISC
securitylab.github.comhttps://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-262-zipslip-go-slugx_refsource_MISC

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

golang-github-hashicorp-go-slug
Fixed in 0.5.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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