FKIE_CVE-2024-12905

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-03-27 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:00
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
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.
References
22e2d327-25fe-45d7-9f0c-dcd23b7108dfhttps://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/a1dd7e7c7f4b4a8bd2ab60f513baca573b44e2ed
22e2d327-25fe-45d7-9f0c-dcd23b7108dfhttps://www.seal.security/blog/a-link-to-the-past-uncovering-a-new-vulnerability-in-tar-fs
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00012.html
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      "value": "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.\n\nThis 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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      "value": "Resoluci\u00f3n incorrecta de enlaces antes del acceso a archivos (\"Link Following\") y limitaci\u00f3n incorrecta de una ruta a un directorio restringido (\"Path Traversal\"). Esta vulnerabilidad se produce al extraer un archivo tar manipulado con fines maliciosos, lo que puede provocar escrituras o sobrescrituras no autorizadas de archivos fuera del directorio de extracci\u00f3n previsto. El problema est\u00e1 asociado con index.js en el paquete tar-fs. Este problema afecta a tar-fs: desde la versi\u00f3n 0.0.0 hasta la 1.16.4, desde la versi\u00f3n 2.0.0 hasta la 2.1.2, desde la versi\u00f3n 3.0.0 hasta la 3.0.8."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T07:00:44.367",
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