CVE-2018-20835
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.18%Improper Input Validation in tar-fs
Published: 5/1/2019Modified: 11/8/2023
Also known as:GHSA-x2mc-8fgj-3wmr
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 (1)
- npm/tar-fsfrom 0, < 1.16.2
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 |