GHSA-vj76-c3g6-qr5v
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vj76-c3g6-qr5v
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/09/GHSA-vj76-c3g6-qr5v/GHSA-vj76-c3g6-qr5v.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-vj76-c3g6-qr5v
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2025-09-24T18:57:04Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-03T21:34:35Z
- 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 has a symlink validation bypass if destination directory is predictable with a specific tarball
- Details
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Impact
v3.1.0, v2.1.3, v1.16.5 and below
Patches
Has been patched in 3.1.1, 2.1.4, and 1.16.6
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
Reported by: Mapta / BugBunny_ai
- Database specific
{ "github_reviewed": true, "severity": "HIGH", "github_reviewed_at": "2025-09-24T18:57:04Z", "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-24T18:15:42Z", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-22", "CWE-61" ] }- References
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- https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/security/advisories/GHSA-vj76-c3g6-qr5v
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59343
- https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/0bd54cdf06da2b7b5b95cd4b062c9f4e0a8c4e09
- https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00028.html
Affected packages
npm / tar-fs
Package
- Name
- tar-fs
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- Purl
- pkg:npm/tar-fs
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
- View open source insights on deps.dev
- Purl
- pkg:npm/tar-fs