cve/2024/CVE-2024-12905.md

CVE-2024-12905

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.

POC

Reference

• https://www.seal.security/blog/a-link-to-the-past-uncovering-a-new-vulnerability-in-tar-fs

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cve-scores
• https://github.com/nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHub
• https://github.com/plzheheplztrying/cve_monitor
• https://github.com/theMcSam/CVE-2024-12905-PoC
• https://github.com/w4zu/Debian_security
• https://github.com/zulloper/cve-poc