GO-2020-0042

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    GO-2020-0042

    Published: 14 Apr 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary: Arbitrary File Write via Archive Extraction (Zip Slip) in github.com/sassoftware/go-rpmutils

    Details: Due to improper path sanitization, RPMs containing relative file paths can cause files to be written (or overwritten) outside of the target directory.

    References: https://github.com/sassoftware/go-rpmutils/commit/a64058cf21b8aada501bba923c9aab66fb6febf0, https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/sassoftware/go-rpmutils

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/sassoftware/go-rpmutils

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.1.0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    GO-2020-0042 | CVE-DB