CVE-2024-12905: An Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ("Link Following") and Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ("Path...
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-12905
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Affected Products
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 19.97% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-20 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12905https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/a1dd7e7c7f4b4a8bd2ab60f513baca573b44e2ed