CVE-2021-38511
HIGHtar < 0.4.36 - Arbitrary Directory Creation via Symlink Traversal
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.36 for Rust. When symlinks are present in a TAR archive, extraction can create arbitrary directories via .. traversal.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/tar/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.md
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0139
EPSS Percentile
68.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (2)
crates.io/tar
0 - 0.4.36crates.io
tar_project/tar
< 0.4.36
Published
Aug 10, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026