CVE-2020-24654: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In KDE Ark before 20.08.1, a crafted TAR archive with symlinks can install files outside the extraction directory, as demonstrated by a write operation to a user's home directory.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only; version 20.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 32 only; version 33 only
• Kde Ark: before 20.08.1 (fixed in 20.08.1)
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.1 only; version 15.2 only

Published 2020-09-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.