CVE-2025-48387CWE-22

tar-fs has issue where extract can write outside the specified dir with a specific tarball

High · published June 2, 2025

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
46.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
Vector
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
EPSS
0.00576 · 46.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2025-06-02T19:20Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 JUN 19:20Z
    tar-fs has issue where extract can write outside the specified dir with a specific tarball
    cvelistv5