GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/06/GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v/GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2025-06-03T06:14:25Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-03T21:33:59Z
- Severity
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- 8.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- tar-fs can extract outside the specified dir with a specific tarball
- Details
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Impact
v3.0.8, v2.1.2, v1.16.4 and below
Patches
Has been patched in 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5
Workarounds
You can use the ignore option to ignore non files/directories.
ignore (_, header) { // pass files & directories, ignore e.g. symlinks return header.type !== 'file' && header.type !== 'directory' }Credit
Thank you Caleb Brown from Google Open Source Security Team for reporting this in detail.
- Database specific
{ "severity": "HIGH", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-22" ], "github_reviewed_at": "2025-06-03T06:14:25Z", "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-02T20:15:22Z", "github_reviewed": true }- References
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- https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-xrg4-qp5w-2c3w
- https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/security/advisories/GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48387
- https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/647447b572bc135c41035e82ca7b894f02b17f0f
- https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00012.html
Affected packages
npm / tar-fs
Package
- Name
- tar-fs
- View open source insights on deps.dev
- Purl
- pkg:npm/tar-fs
npm / tar-fs
Package
- Name
- tar-fs
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- Purl
- pkg:npm/tar-fs
npm / tar-fs
Package
- Name
- tar-fs
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- Purl
- pkg:npm/tar-fs