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HIGH

CVE-2024-12905

CVSS v3

7.5

HIGH

EPSS Score

2.3 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

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SSVC status

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Affected and fixed versions

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • tar-fsnpmfrom 3.0.0 · fixed in 3.0.7

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2024-12905 Red Hat Product Security48 products fixed · 83 known affected

    tar-fs: link following and path traversal via maliciously crafted tar file

    ceph-base as a component of Red Hat Ceph Storage 7 · ceph-common as a component of Red Hat Ceph Storage 7 · ceph-fuse as a component of Red Hat Ceph Storage 7

  • RHSA-2026:33154 Red Hat Product Security3 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ceph Storage

  • RHSA-2025:8540 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Developer Hub 1.5.2 release.

  • RHSA-2025:8244 Red Hat Product Security40 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.21.0 release

  • RHSA-2025:7626 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Developer Hub 1.6.0 release.

  • RHSA-2025:3932 Red Hat Product Security3 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.20.0 release

Full record on NVD

Description

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.

Technical details

Published
2025-03-27
Exploit-DB
EDB-52268

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12905?

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.

Is CVE-2024-12905 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-12905 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.3% on 2026-10-19, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-12905?

CVE-2024-12905 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity).

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