CVE-2025-48387
HIGHDescription
tar-fs provides filesystem bindings for tar-stream. Versions prior to 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5 have an issue where an extract can write outside the specified dir with a specific tarball. This has been patched in versions 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5. As a workaround, use the ignore option to ignore non files/directories.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H/E:U
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 37% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-xrg4-qp5w-2c3w
- https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/647447b572bc135c41035e82ca7b894f02b17f0f
- https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/security/advisories/GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00012.html
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