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SCA: security update for tar-fs (GHSA-vj76-c3g6-qr5v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435420

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 3.1.1, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5 are
 vulnerable to symlink validation bypass if the destination directory is predictable with a specific
 tarball. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.1, 2.1.4, and 1.16.6. A workaround involves using the
 ignore option on non files/directories. (CVE-2025-59343)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vj76-c3g6-qr5v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435420

Version: Revision 1.13

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/25/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.92

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-59343

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 9/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59343