CVE-2020-12265
Path Traversal in decompress
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.74%
Description
Versions of `decompress` prior to 4.2.1 are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write. The package fails to prevent extraction of files with relative paths, allowing attackers to write to any folder in the system by including filenames containing`../`. ## Recommendation Upgrade to version 4.2.1 or later.
How to fix CVE-2020-12265
To remediate CVE-2020-12265, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.2.1 or later
Is CVE-2020-12265 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.2.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |