High

Drupal core Arbitrary PHP code execution

  • Disclosed: 15.05.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:18

The Drupal project uses the PEAR Archive_Tar library. The PEAR Archive_Tar library has released a security update that impacts Drupal. For more information please see: CVE-2020-28948 CVE-2020-28949

Multiple vulnerabilities are possible if Drupal is configured to allow .tar, .tar.gz, .bz2, or .tlz file uploads and processes them.

To mitigate this issue, prevent untrusted users from uploading .tar, .tar.gz, .bz2, or .tlz files.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package drupal/drupal >= 7.0.0, < 7.75, >= 8.0.0, < 8.8.12, >= 8.9.0, < 8.9.10, >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.9 7.75, 8.8.12, 8.9.10, 9.0.9
Drupal (core) drupal/drupal >= 7.0.0, < 7.75, >= 8.0.0, < 8.8.12, >= 8.9.0, < 8.9.10, >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.9 7.75, 8.8.12, 8.9.10, 9.0.9

References

CVSS score 7.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-94
Platform
Composer, Drupal
Package
drupal/drupal
Disclosed
15.05.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 11:18

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-j66p-fvp2-fxhj - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: drupal/drupal

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (81) in the archive
Total entries
81
First → latest
03.2018 11.2024
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
4

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 9
  • High 28
  • Medium 42
  • Low 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2018: 3
  2. 2019: 7
  3. 2020: 8
  4. 2021: 2
  5. 2022: 42
  6. 2023: 0
  7. 2024: 19
  8. 2025: 0
  9. 2026: 0
Severity:
  1. High · 9.8 CVE-2024-55638 >= 8.8.0, < 10.2.11, >= 10.3.0, < 10.3.9, >= 7.0, < 7.102 10.2.11, 10.3.9, 7.102
  2. High · 9.8 CVE-2024-55637 >= 8.8.0, < 10.2.11, >= 10.3.0, < 10.3.9, >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.8 10.2.11, 10.3.9, 11.0.8
  3. Drupal core Arbitrary PHP code execution this entry
    High · 7.8 ghsa-j66p-fvp2-fxhj >= 7.0.0, < 7.75, >= 8.0.0, < 8.8.12, >= 8.9.0, < 8.9.10, >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.9 7.75, 8.8.12, 8.9.10, 9.0.9
  4. High · 8.1 ghsa-m9fv-whq2-6wmc >= 7.0.0, < 7.69, >= 8.0.0, < 8.7.11, >= 8.8.0, < 8.8.1 7.69, 8.7.11, 8.8.1
  5. Critical ghsa-jf8c-36vw-98x4 >= 7.0, < 7.60, >= 8.0.0, < 8.5.8, >= 8.6.0, < 8.6.2 7.60, 8.5.8, 8.6.2
  6. Critical ghsa-jjx7-8462-w4m4 >= 8.0.0, < 8.5.8, >= 8.6.0, < 8.6.2 8.5.8, 8.6.2
  7. High · 7.5 CVE-2013-6389 >= 7.0, < 7.24 7.24
  8. High · 7.4 CVE-2016-3164 >= 6.0, < 6.38, >= 7.0, < 7.43, >= 8.0, < 8.0.4 6.38, 7.43, 8.0.4
  9. High · 7.5 CVE-2016-3165 >= 6.0, < 6.38 6.38
  10. High · 8.1 CVE-2016-3169 >= 7.0, < 7.43, >= 6.0, < 6.38 7.43, 6.38
  11. High · 7.5 CVE-2016-3163 >= 7.0, < 7.43, >= 6.0, < 6.38 7.43, 6.38
  12. High · 7.4 CVE-2016-3167 >= 6.0, < 6.38 6.38
  13. High · 8.1 CVE-2016-3162 >= 8.0, < 8.0.4, >= 7.0, < 7.43 8.0.4, 7.43
  14. High · 8.1 CVE-2016-3171 >= 6.0, < 6.38 6.38
  15. High · 8.8 CVE-2016-6211 >= 7.0, < 7.44 7.44
  16. High · 7.5 CVE-2016-9450 >= 8.0, < 8.2.3 8.2.3
  17. High · 7.5 CVE-2017-6379 >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.7 8.2.7
  18. High CVE-2008-4793 >= 5.0, < 5.11 5.11
  19. High · 8.1 CVE-2017-6926 >= 8.4.0, < 8.4.5, >= 7.0, < 7.57 8.4.5, 7.57
  20. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2017-6920 >= 8.0, < 8.3.4 8.3.4
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