CVE-2024-12905

ADVISORY - github

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 3.0.7.

EPSS Score⁠: 0.00444 (0.625)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

CWE-22⁠

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-59⁠

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

ADVISORY - github

CWE-22⁠

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

ADVISORY - gitlab

CWE-1035⁠

OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

CWE-22⁠

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-937⁠

OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

ADVISORY - redhat

(CWE-22|CWE-59)⁠

Impacted images

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