CVE-2024-12905
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V3.1EPSS Score
v2025.03.14There is a 0.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
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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.
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Unknown Product
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EU Vulnerability Database
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ENISA Analysis
tar-fs Vulnerable to Link Following and Path Traversal via Extracting a Crafted tar File
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CVSS Score (3.1)
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Data provided by ENISA EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated: May 20, 2025
GitHub Security Advisories
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tar-fs Vulnerable to Link Following and Path Traversal via Extracting a Crafted tar File
GHSA-pq67-2wwv-3xjxAdvisory Details
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CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: March 27, 2025, Modified: May 20, 2025
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