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CVE-2020-11736

fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 allows Directory Traversal during...

3.9 LowFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

0.77%Down 0.5 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 3.9

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.

Record
CVE-2020-11736
CVSS 3.1
3.9 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0
3.3 LowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-22, CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2020-11736
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-4078 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2020-4078
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jj2q-v22w-qp64 3.9

fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 allows Directory Traversal during...

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.

Record
GHSA-jj2q-v22w-qp64
CVSS 3.1
3.9 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 3.9

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.

Record
CVE-2020-11736
CVSS 3.1
3.9 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-11736 3.9

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11736
CVSS 3.1
3.9 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVOESA-2021-1305 3.9

file-roller security update

File Roller is an archive manager that you can create and modify archives; view the content of an archive;view and modify a file contained in the archive; extract files from the archive.

Security Fix(es):

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.(CVE-2020-11736)

Record
OESA-2021-1305
CVSS 3.1
3.9 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:4820 4.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: file-roller security update

Record
RHSA-2020:4820
CVSS 3.0
4.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRLSA-2020:4820 4.3

Moderate: file-roller security update

File Roller is an application for creating and viewing archives files, such as tar or zip files.

Security Fix(es):

  • file-roller: path traversal vulnerability via a specially crafted filename contained in malicious archive (CVE-2019-16680)

  • file-roller: directory traversal via directory symlink pointing outside of the target directory (CVE-2020-11736)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Record
RLSA-2020:4820
CVSS 3.0
4.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-11736 3.9

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11736
CVSS 3.1
3.9 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALSA-2021:4179 No score

Low: file-roller security update

File Roller is an application for creating and viewing archives files, such as tar or zip files.

Security Fix(es):

  • file-roller: directory traversal via directory symlink pointing outside of the target directory (incomplete fix for CVE-2020-11736) (CVE-2020-36314)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Record
ALSA-2021:4179
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2020-0218 No score

Updated file-roller packages fix security vulnerability

Updated the file-roller package in order to fix a security vulnerability:

fr-archive-libarchive.c: File Roller lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended extraction location. Thus, directory traversal is not prevented (CVE-2020-11736).

Record
MGASA-2020-0218
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0825-1 No score

Security update for file-roller

This update for file-roller fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-11736: Fixed a directory traversal vulnerability due to improper checking whether a file's parent is an external symlink (bsc#1169428).
  • CVE-2019-16680: Fixed a path traversal vulnerability which could have allowed an overwriting of a file during extraction (bsc#1151585).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0825-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10756-1 No score

file-roller-3.40.0-3.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the file-roller-3.40.0-3.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10756-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1505-1 No score

Security update for file-roller

This update for file-roller fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2020-11736: Fixed a directory traversal vulnerability due to improper checking whether a file's parent is an external symlink (bsc#1169428).
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1505-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1557-1 No score

Security update for file-roller

This update for file-roller fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-11736: Fixed a directory traversal vulnerability due to improper checking whether a file's parent is an external symlink (bsc#1169428).
  • CVE-2019-16680: Fixed a path traversal vulnerability which could have allowed an overwriting of a file during extraction (bsc#1151585).
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1557-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4332-1 No score

file-roller vulnerability

It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

Record
USN-4332-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4332-2 No score

file-roller vulnerability

USN-4332-1 fixed vulnerabilities in File Roller. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

Record
USN-4332-2
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
file-roller
AlmaLinux:8
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 3.28.1-4.el8
3.28.1-4.el8
file-roller
Debian:12
 before 3.36.2-1
3.36.2-1
file-roller
Debian:13
 before 3.36.2-1
3.36.2-1
file-roller
Debian:14
 before 3.36.2-1
3.36.2-1
file-roller
Debian:8
 before 3.14.1-1+deb8u2, plus listed versions
3.14.1-13.14.1-1+deb8u1
3.14.1-1+deb8u2
file-roller
Mageia:7
 before 3.32.1-2.1.mga7
3.32.1-2.1.mga7
file-roller
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1
 before 3.30.1-3.oe1
3.30.1-3.oe1
file-roller
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP2
 before 3.30.1-3.oe1
3.30.1-3.oe1
file-roller
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:3.28.1-3.el8
0:3.28.1-3.el8
file-roller-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:3.28.1-3.el8
0:3.28.1-3.el8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
file-roller-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:3.28.1-3.el8
0:3.28.1-3.el8
file-roller
Rocky Linux:8
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:3.28.1-3.el8
0:3.28.1-3.el8
file-roller
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
 before 3.20.3-15.6.1
3.20.3-15.6.1
file-roller
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
 before 3.20.3-15.6.1
3.20.3-15.6.1
file-roller
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
 before 3.20.3-15.6.1
3.20.3-15.6.1
file-roller
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
 before 3.20.3-15.6.1
3.20.3-15.6.1
file-roller
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 3.26.2-4.5.1
3.26.2-4.5.1
file-roller
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 3.16.5-0ubuntu1.4, plus listed versions
3.16.4-1ubuntu33.16.5-0ubuntu13.16.5-0ubuntu1.13.16.5-0ubuntu1.23.16.5-0ubuntu1.3
3.16.5-0ubuntu1.4
file-roller
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 before 3.28.0-1ubuntu1.2, plus listed versions
3.26.1-0ubuntu13.26.2-0ubuntu13.26.2-3ubuntu13.28.0-1ubuntu13.28.0-1ubuntu1.1
3.28.0-1ubuntu1.2
file-roller
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 before 3.36.1-1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
3.32.2-13.32.3-13.35.90-13.35.91-13.35.92-13.36.0-13.36.1-1
3.36.1-1ubuntu0.1
file-roller
openSUSE:Leap 15.1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 3.26.2-lp151.4.3.1
3.26.2-lp151.4.3.1
file-roller
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 3.40.0-3.2
3.40.0-3.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-11736 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.9) in Gnome File-roller, published April 13, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.77%, the 55th percentile. Fixed in file-roller 3.36.2-1.

References

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