CVE-2024-12905

HIGH

NPM Tar-fs < 1.16.4 - Path Traversal

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by cybersploit · pythonlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52268
nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by theMcSam · poc
https://github.com/theMcSam/CVE-2024-12905-PoC

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0132
EPSS Percentile 79.9%
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-22 CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
npm/tar-fs 0 - 1.16.4npm
Published Mar 27, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026