CVE-2025-48387
Tar-fs Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
June 2, 2025, 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
June 4, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
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Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2025-48387 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2025-48387.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/647447b572bc135c41035e82ca7b894f02b17f0f | |
| https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/security/advisories/GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v |
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jun. 02, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description 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. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Added CWE CWE-22 Added Reference https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/647447b572bc135c41035e82ca7b894f02b17f0f Added Reference https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/security/advisories/GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v
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