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CVE-2024-12905

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Date: March 27, 2025

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.

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Related Resources (8)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12905
https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-12905
https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/a1dd7e7c7f4b4a8bd2ab60f513baca573b44e2ed
https://www.seal.security/blog/a-link-to-the-past-uncovering-a-new-vulnerability-in-tar-fs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04962
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.04962
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2024-12905

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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

CWE-59

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

CWE-22

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Upgrade to version tar-fs - 1.16.4;tar-fs - 2.1.2;tar-fs - 3.0.8;tar-fs - 1.16.4;tar-fs - 3.0.7;https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs.git - v1.16.4;https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs.git - v2.1.2;https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs.git - v3.0.8

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

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