Is CVE-2020-36561 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-36561 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-36561?

CVE-2020-36561 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-36561?

CVE-2020-36561 has an EPSS score of 1.32% (67th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36561?

Upgrade unzip to 1.0.3-0.20200308084313-2adbaa4891b9 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-36561

CRITICAL

9.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Due to improper path sanitization, archives containing relative file paths can cause files to be written (or overwritten) outside of the target directory.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

unzipNVD

Affected:< 1.0.3-0.20200308084313-2adbaa4891b9Fixed in:1.0.3-0.20200308084313-2adbaa4891b9CVE-2020-36561derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.32%probability of exploitation in 30 days

67thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 67% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory2

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CVE-2022-29464	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-26086	Medium	5.3	100%	KEV	Fix
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-04-11.