In Archive_Tar before 1.4.14, symlinks can refer to targets outside of the extracted archive, a different vulnerability than CVE-2020-36193.
CVE-2021-32610
This high-severity CVE scores 7.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 73.4%, top 1% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 73%
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.1
- EG Score
- 7.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 99.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 30, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (18)
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/7789ebb2f34f9e4adb3a4152ad0d1548930a9755
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/b5832439b1f37331fb4f87e67fe4f
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/releases/tag/1.4.14
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00023.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CAODVMHGL5MHQWQAQTXQ7G7OE3VQZ7LS/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G5LTY6COQYNMMHQJ3QIOJHEWCKD4XDFH/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-004
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/7789ebb2f34f9e4adb3a4152ad0d1548930a9755
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/b5832439b1f37331fb4f87e67fe4f
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/releases/tag/1.4.14
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00023.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CAODVMHGL5MHQWQAQTXQ7G7OE3VQZ7LS/
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | php-pear (1:1.10.9+submodules+notgz-1.1ubuntu1.1) @ hirsute | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | php-pear (1:1.10.1+submodules+notgz-6ubuntu0.3+esm1) @ xenial | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| redhat | php:7.4-8070020220707122009.afd00e68 | 2022-11-08 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Packagist(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| drupal/core | 8.0.0 ... 9.2.1 (174 versions) | 9.2.2 | — |
| pear/archive_tar | 1.3.11 ... 1.4.9 (20 versions) | 1.4.14 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
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Data Freshness Timeline
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