GHSA-pq67-2wwv-3xjx: tar-fs Vulnerable to Link Following and Path Traversal via Extracting a Crafted tar File

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1. GitHub Advisory Database
2. GitHub Reviewed
3. CVE-2024-12905

tar-fs Vulnerable to Link Following and Path Traversal via Extracting a Crafted tar File

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 27, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 28, 2025

Affected versions

< 1.16.4

>= 2.0.0, < 2.1.2

>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.7

Patched versions

1.16.4

2.1.2

3.0.8

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 3.0.7.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12905
• mafintosh/tar-fs@a1dd7e7

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database

Mar 27, 2025

Last updated

Mar 28, 2025

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