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SCA: security update for tar-fs (GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 427845

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - tar-fs provides filesystem bindings for tar-stream. Versions prior to 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5 have an
 issue where an extract can write outside the specified dir with a specific tarball. This has been patched
 in versions 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5. As a workaround, use the ignore option to ignore non
 files/directories. (CVE-2025-48387)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8cj5-5rvv-wf4v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 427845

Version: Revision 1.17

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/9/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.62

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48387

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48387

cwe: CWE-22