CVE-2024-12905
node-tar-fs - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.81%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-12905
To remediate CVE-2024-12905, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.1.3-0+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.1.3-0+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.16.4 or later
Is CVE-2024-12905 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.1.3-0+deb11u1
- from 0, < 2.1.3-0+deb11u1
- from 0, < 1.16.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |