CVE-2001-1267

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 and earlier allows local users to overwrite...

2.1 Low

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a tar file whose filenames contain a .. (dot dot).

Exploit likelihood

1.08%Down 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used2.1

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a tar file whose filenames contain a .. (dot dot).

Record: CVE-2001-1267
CVSS 2.0: 2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE ListNo score

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a tar file whose filenames contain a .. (dot dot).

Record: CVE-2001-1267
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2001-1248No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a tar file whose filenames contain a .. (dot dot).

Record: EUVD-2001-1248
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p23r-j983-4557No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 and earlier allows local users to overwrite...

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a tar file whose filenames contain a .. (dot dot).

Record: GHSA-p23r-j983-4557
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11422-1No score

tar-1.34-2.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the tar-1.34-2.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:11422-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

gnu tar

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`tar` openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 7 CVEs	before 1.34-2.2	1.34-2.2

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2001-1267 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.1) in Gnu Tar, published July 12, 2001. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.08%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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