CVE-2024-12905

tar-fs: link following and path traversal via maliciously crafted tar file

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

A flaw was found in the tar-fs package for Node.js. In affected versions, unauthorized file writes or overwrites outside the intended extraction directory can occur when extracting a maliciously crafted tar file. The issue is associated with index.js in the tar-fs package.

Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.20 has been released. Issues addressed include denial of service and traversal vulnerabilities.

*Credits: @bnbdr

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Complete

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-12-23 CVE Reserved
2025-03-27 CVE Published
2025-03-27 CVE Updated
2025-04-15 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

CAPEC-126: Path Traversal
CAPEC-132: Symlink Attack

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/a1dd7e7c7f4b4a8bd2ab60f513baca573b44e2ed	2025-03-27

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12905	2025-04-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2355460	2025-04-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
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