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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-03-27T16:25:34.410Z

Last Modified :

2025-11-03T19:29:11.810Z

Source :

seal
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-12905 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Redhat
  • Openshift Devspaces
  • Rhdh
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2024-12905.

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https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/a1dd7e7c7f4b4a8bd2ab60f513baca573b44e2ed cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00012.html cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12905 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12905 cve-icon
https://www.seal.security/blog/a-link-to-the-past-uncovering-a-new-vulnerability-in-tar-fs cve-icon cve-icon
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