Directory Traversal Affecting file-roller package, versions <3.30.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.13% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-FILEROLLER-19267537
  • published26 Aug 2026
  • disclosed21 Sept 2019

Introduced: 21 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-16680  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest file-roller to version 3.30.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file-roller package and not the file-roller package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1