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SCA: security update for tar-fs (GHSA-pq67-2wwv-3xjx)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423582

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2024-12905)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pq67-2wwv-3xjx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423582

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

Percentile: 96.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-12905

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-12905

cwe: CWE-22