cvelist/2024/12xxx/CVE-2024-12905.json

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                "value": "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.\n\nThis 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."
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                "url": "https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/a1dd7e7c7f4b4a8bd2ab60f513baca573b44e2ed",
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