GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v
tar-fs can extract outside the specified dir with a specific tarball
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2025-48387
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
### Impact v3.0.8, v2.1.2, v1.16.4 and below ### Patches Has been patched in 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5 ### Workarounds You can use the ignore option to ignore non files/directories. ```js ignore (_, header) { // pass files & directories, ignore e.g. symlinks return header.type !== 'file' && header.type !== 'directory' } ``` ### Credit Thank you Caleb Brown from Google Open Source Security Team for reporting this in detail.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| npm · tar-fs | introduced 0, fixed 1.16.5 |
| npm · tar-fs | introduced 2.0.0, fixed 2.1.3 |
| npm · tar-fs | introduced 3.0.0, fixed 3.0.9 |
References
- https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-xrg4-qp5w-2c3w WEB
- https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/security/advisories/GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48387 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/647447b572bc135c41035e82ca7b894f02b17f0f WEB
- https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs PACKAGE
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00012.html WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |