{"id":"CVE-2021-32610","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-32610","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T01:11:10.166Z","title":"In Archive_Tar before 1.4.14, symlinks can refer to targets outside of the extracted archive, a different vulnerability than CVE-2020-36193.","description":"In Archive_Tar before 1.4.14, symlinks can refer to targets outside of the extracted archive, a different vulnerability than CVE-2020-36193.","published":"2021-07-30T14:15:17.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:53:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["php/archive tar","debian/debian linux","fedoraproject/fedora"],"epss":{"score":0.73377,"percentile":0.99464,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 73.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/7789ebb2f34f9e4adb3a4152ad0d1548930a9755","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/b5832439b1f37331fb4f87e67fe4f","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/releases/tag/1.4.14","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00023.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CAODVMHGL5MHQWQAQTXQ7G7OE3VQZ7LS/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G5LTY6COQYNMMHQJ3QIOJHEWCKD4XDFH/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-004","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/7789ebb2f34f9e4adb3a4152ad0d1548930a9755","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/b5832439b1f37331fb4f87e67fe4f","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/releases/tag/1.4.14","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00023.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CAODVMHGL5MHQWQAQTXQ7G7OE3VQZ7LS/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G5LTY6COQYNMMHQJ3QIOJHEWCKD4XDFH/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-004","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32610","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}