HIGH
An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.16 for Rust
Published Aug 26, 2019
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.68%
Description
An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.16 for Rust. Arbitrary file overwrite can occur via a symlink or hardlink in a TAR archive.
Affected products
No data.
- < 0.4.16
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
6.4 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.68% 0.01676
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01676
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.68% (0.01676) | 76.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.68% (0.01676) | 73.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00084) | 36.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00084) | 35.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00084) | 33.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 10.04th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 9.79th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 25.53th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (5)
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2367-c296-3mp2 Advisory
- https://github.com/alexcrichton/tar-rs/commit/54651a87ae6ba7d81fcc72ffdee2ea7eca2c7e85
- https://github.com/alexcrichton/tar-rs/pull/156
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20990
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0002.html x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 26, 2019
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Aug 25, 2019
Link CVE-2018-20990
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-2367-C296-3MP2 Updated n/a