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Echo: tar-fs: security update to 1.16.5

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 461750

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)

Solution

Update the tar-fs library and its related packages to version 1.16.5 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-48387

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 461750

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.62

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48387

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 9/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48387