tar-fs
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 2.30 % · percentile 83 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- seal
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
An Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ("Link Following") and Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ("Path Traversal"). This vulnerability occurs when extracting a maliciously crafted tar file, which can result in unauthorized file writes or overwrites outside the intended extraction directory. The issue is associated with index.js in the tar-fs package. This issue affects tar-fs: from 0.0.0 before 1.16.4, from 2.0.0 before 2.1.2, from 3.0.0 before 3.0.8.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
- CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | seal |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | NVD · 22e2d327-25fe-45d7-9f0c-dcd23b7108df (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-pq67-2wwv-3xjx — tar-fs Vulnerable to Link Following and Path Traversal via Extracting a Crafted tar File
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-54315
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-12905
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0958 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0742 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits NetApp · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0249 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1129 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1100 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Atlassian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1072 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0512 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| tar-fs | affected 0.0.0 < 1.16.4 ; affected 2.0.0 < 2.1.2 ; affected 3.0.0 < 3.0.8 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |