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GHSA-vj76-c3g6-qr5v

tar-fs has a symlink validation bypass if destination directory is predictable with a specific tarball

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2025-59343

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npm tar-fs >= 3.0.0, < 3.1.1 3.1.1
npm tar-fs >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.4 2.1.4
npm tar-fs < 1.16.6 1.16.6

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

### Impact v3.1.0, v2.1.3, v1.16.5 and below ### Patches Has been patched in 3.1.1, 2.1.4, and 1.16.6 ### Workarounds You can use the ignore option to ignore non files/directories. ```js ignore (_, header) { // pass files & directories, ignore e.g. symlinks return header.type !== 'file' && header.type !== 'directory' } ``` ### Credit Reported by: Mapta / BugBunny_ai

References

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