High
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2024-12905
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 18:36 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2024-12905
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12905",
"method": "structured",
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"title": "CVE-2024-12905",
"summary": "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.",
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:31.497260108Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00012.html",
"https://registry.npmjs.org",
"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/12xxx/CVE-2024-12905.json",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12905",
"https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/a1dd7e7c7f4b4a8bd2ab60f513baca573b44e2ed",
"https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs",
"https://www.seal.security/blog/a-link-to-the-past-uncovering-a-new-vulnerability-in-tar-fs"
],
"provider_metadata": {
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],
"cna_assigner": "seal",
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/12xxx/CVE-2024-12905.json"
}
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 498515,
"published_at": "2025-03-27T16:25:34.41+00:00"
}