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High · 7.5 CVE-2018-20835 EUVD-2019-0483GHSA-x2mc-8fgj-3wmr

Improper Input Validation in tar-fs

Published Apr 30, 2019 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

A vulnerability was found in tar-fs before 1.16.2. An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the system, in conjunction with a later plain file with the same name as the hardlink. This plain file content replaces the existing file content.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm tar-fs < 1.16.2 1.16.2 GHSA-x2mc-8fgj-3wmr

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