CVE-2020-11736
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.77%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 3.1
- 3.9 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.77% probability · 55th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-59
- Affected
- gnome/file-roller · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/commit/21dfcdbfe258984db89fb65243a1a888924e45a0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-06Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4332-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4332-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/commit/21dfcdbfe258984db89fb65243a1a888924e45a0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-06Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4332-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4332-2/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.