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CVE-2024-12905

Published: Mar 27, 2025

Modified: Nov 3, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

Unknown

tar-fs

affected
0.0.0 - < 1.16.4
affected
2.0.0 - < 2.1.2
affected
3.0.0 - < 3.0.8

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59
CWE-22

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

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