high8.7
CVE-2025-48387
tar-fs can extract outside the specified dir with a specific tarball
Impact
### Impact v3.0.8, v2.1.2, v1.16.4 and below ### Patches Has been patched in 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5 ### Workarounds You can use the ignore option to ignore non files/directories. ```js ignore (_, header) { // pass files & directories, ignore e.g. symlinks return header.type !== 'file' && header.type !== 'directory' } ``` ### Credit Thank you Caleb Brown from Google Open Source Security Team for reporting this in detail.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | tar-fs | < 1.16.5 | 1.16.5 |
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|
| Tar-Fs Provides Filesystem Bindings For Tar-Stream. | before 3.0.9 |
Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-xrg4-qp5w-2c3w
- https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/647447b572bc135c41035e82ca7b894f02b17f0f
- https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/security/advisories/GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00012.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48387