CVE-2015-8860
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.37%Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar
Published: 10/24/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The tar package before 2.0.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/node-tarfrom 0, < 2.2.1-1
- npm/tarfrom 0, < 2.0.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (7)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8860
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8860
- PATCHhttps://github.com/npm/npm
- WEBhttps://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v2.7.5
- WEBhttps://www.npmjs.com/advisories/57
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11