Which products and versions are affected by CVE-2020-36193?

Affected: Drupal versions >= 7.0.0; Archive Tar (PHP); Debian Linux versions 10.0, 9.0, among others. The full list is in the CVE brief.

Is CVE-2020-36193 being exploited in the wild?

It is exploited in the wild, listed in CISA KEV, Industry KEV feed, CIRCL KEV, ENISA EUVD since Aug 25, 2022 and is known to be used in ransomware campaigns.

Is CVE-2020-36193 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. It was added on Aug 25, 2022 with a federal remediation due date of Sep 15, 2022.

Is there a public exploit for CVE-2020-36193?

Public exploit code is available.

Is there a fix for CVE-2020-36193?

Fixed versions are available, including apache2-mod_php72 7.2.5-1.69.1, apcu-panel 5.1.18-1.module+el8.3.0+7685+72d70b58, Drupal 7.78.0.

How urgently should CVE-2020-36193 be patched?

Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is listed as exploited in the wild.

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CVE-2020-36193

HighExploitedPublic exploit

Directory Traversal in Archive_Tar

Published Apr 22, 2021 · Updated Sep 8, 2026 · Also known as BIT-drupal-2020-36193, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36193, DLA-2530-1, DLA-2621-1, DSA-4894-1, GHSA-rpw6-9xfx-jvcx, SUSE-SU-2021:2926-1, SUSE-SU-2021:3006-1, SUSE-SU-2021:3018-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36193, USN-4723-1

Key Facts

Patch immediately

CVE-2020-36193 is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5 v3.1) affecting Drupal, Archive Tar (PHP), Debian Linux and 22 more products.
It is exploited in the wild, listed in CISA KEV, Industry KEV feed, CIRCL KEV, ENISA EUVD since Aug 25, 2022 and is known to be used in ransomware campaigns. Public exploit code is available.
EPSS estimates a 71% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Fixed versions are available, including apache2-mod_php72 7.2.5-1.69.1, apcu-panel 5.1.18-1.module+el8.3.0+7685+72d70b58, Drupal 7.78.0.
Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is listed as exploited in the wild.

CVSS v3.1

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS (30-day exploit likelihood)

71%

Higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs

Exploited in the wild

Yes

4 catalog listings, used by ransomware

Public exploit code

Available

Proof-of-concept or weaponized module

Get the full CVE-2020-36193 brief as a PDF

Every affected product and fixed release, exploitation status and a first 24 hours response checklist, emailed within minutes.

Description

Tar.php in Archive_Tar through 1.4.11 allows write operations with Directory Traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links, a related issue to CVE-2020-28948.

Known-Exploited Catalog Listings

Catalog	Added	Remediation due	Ransomware use
CISA KEV	Aug 25, 2022	Sep 15, 2022	Not reported
Industry KEV feed	Aug 25, 2022	Sep 15, 2022	Known
CIRCL KEV	Aug 25, 2022	Sep 15, 2022	Not reported
ENISA EUVD	Aug 25, 2022	n/a	Not reported

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected Products

164 affected entries in total

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
DrupalDrupal	>= 7.0.0	7.78
Archive TarPHP	See advisory	1.4.11
Debian LinuxDebian	10.0, 9.0	n/a
FedoraFedoraproject	32, 33, 34, 35	n/a
nextcloudarch	See advisory	20.0.6-1

20 more affected products in the full CVE brief

Patched Releases

apache2-mod_php72

7.2.5-1.69.1

apcu-panel

5.1.18-1.module+el8.3.0+7685+72d70b58

Drupal

7.78.0, 8.9.13, 9.0.11, 9.1.3, 9.1.7-1, 7.78

drupal7

7.52-2+deb9u14, 7.78-r0

libzip

1.6.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2750+78feabcb, 1.6.1-1.module+el8.3.0+7685+72d70b58, 1.6.1-1.module+el8.6.0+789+2130c178

libzip-devel

1.6.1-1.module+el8.3.0+7685+72d70b58

libzip-tools

1.6.1-1.module+el8.3.0+7685+72d70b58

nextcloud

20.0.6-1

pear/archive_tar

1.4.13

php

7.4.19-4.module_el8.6.0+3238+624bf8b8, 7.4.19-4.module+el8.6.0+1006+0d5a469f, 7.4.19-4.module+el8.6.0+20746+7a133c42

Archive Tar

<=1.4.11

php-bcmath