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CVE-2020-15908

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-07-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

tar/TarFileReader.cpp in Cauldron cbang (aka C-Bang or C!) before 1.6.0 allows Directory Traversal during extraction from a TAR archive.

Affected products

• Cauldrondevelopment C!: before 1.6.0 — fixed in 1.6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cauldrondevelopment C! 1.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/CauldronDevelopmentLLC/cbang/commit/1c1dba62bd3e6fa9d0d0c0aa21926043b75382c7
• https://github.com/CauldronDevelopmentLLC/cbang/compare/1.5.1...1.6.0
• https://github.com/CauldronDevelopmentLLC/cbang/commit/1c1dba62bd3e6fa9d0d0c0aa21926043b75382c7
• https://github.com/CauldronDevelopmentLLC/cbang/compare/1.5.1...1.6.0

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