# tar-fs (npm) vulnerabilities

4 known vulnerabilities (3 high), with the versions each affects and the releases that fix them.

## At a glance

- Latest release: not known (cve.now hasn't read this package's releases)
- Newest unaffected release: not known without release data
- Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/tar-fs

## Advisories (4)

### [CVE-2025-59343](https://cve.now/CVE-2025-59343): tar-fs has a symlink validation bypass if destination directory is predictable with a specific tarball

- Severity: High 8.7
- Published: Sep 24, 2025
- Affected: from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.1.1; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.4; fixed in 1.16.6.

### [CVE-2025-48387](https://cve.now/CVE-2025-48387): tar-fs has issue where extract can write outside the specified dir with a specific tarball

- Severity: High 8.7
- Published: Jun 2, 2025
- Affected: fixed in 1.16.5; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.3; from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.0.9.

### [CVE-2024-12905](https://cve.now/CVE-2024-12905): An Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ("Link Following") and Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ("Path…

- Severity: High 7.5
- Published: Mar 27, 2025
- Affected: fixed in 1.16.4; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.2; from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.0.8; fixed in 1.16.4; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.2; from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.0.7.

### [CVE-2018-20835](https://cve.now/CVE-2018-20835): A vulnerability was found in tar-fs before 1.16.2.

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Apr 30, 2019
- Affected: fixed in 1.16.2.

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