CVE-2025-59343 (GCVE-0-2025-59343)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-24 17:43 – Updated: 2025-11-03 18:13
VLAI
Title
tar-fs has a symlink validation bypass if destination directory is predictable with a specific tarball
Summary
tar-fs provides filesystem bindings for tar-stream. Versions prior to 3.1.1, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5 are vulnerable to symlink validation bypass if the destination directory is predictable with a specific tarball. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.1, 2.1.4, and 1.16.6. A workaround involves using the ignore option on non files/directories.
Severity
8.7 (High)
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
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mafintosh tar-fs Affected: >= 3.0.0, < 3.1.1
Affected: >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.3
Affected: < 1.16.5
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