CVE-2025-69874
nanotar is vulnerable to path traversal in parseTar() and parseTarGzip()
EPSS 0.12%
Description
nanotar through 0.2.0 has a path traversal vulnerability in parseTar() and parseTarGzip() that allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files outside the intended extraction directory via a crafted tar archive containing path traversal sequence.
How to fix CVE-2025-69874
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- npm/nanotar—no fix listed
Is CVE-2025-69874 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, <= 0.2.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |