CVE-2020-36193

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-08-25. Federal remediation due 2022-09-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

70.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.3% 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:N/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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.

Published

2021-01-18 19:24Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:35Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2021-01-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

19942856f06660d339a94c977c3cb584e5c224e856b97f4d9301da3dd46e22b9

• github.comhttps://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916x_refsource_MISC
• www.drupal.orghttps://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210121 [SECURITY] [DLA-2530-1] drupal7 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202101-23https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-02996612f6https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-dc7de65eedhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FOZNK4FIIV7FSFCJNNFWMJZTTV7NFJV2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210408 [SECURITY] [DLA 2621-1] php-pear security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-4894https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-8093e197f4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-0c013f520chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-36193government-resource