CVE-2024-12905
ADVISORY - githubSummary
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
ADVISORY - github
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
ADVISORY - gitlab
ADVISORY - redhat