CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
80.2%
Arbitrary File Creation, Arbitrary File Overwrite, Arbitrary Code Execution
node-tar
aims to prevent extraction of absolute file paths by turning absolute paths into relative paths when the preservePaths
flag is not set to true
. This is achieved by stripping the absolute path root from any absolute file paths contained in a tar file. For example /home/user/.bashrc
would turn into home/user/.bashrc
.
This logic was insufficient when file paths contained repeated path roots such as ////home/user/.bashrc
. node-tar
would only strip a single path root from such paths. When given an absolute file path with repeating path roots, the resulting path (e.g. ///home/user/.bashrc
) would still resolve to an absolute path, thus allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite.
3.2.2 || 4.4.14 || 5.0.6 || 6.1.1
NOTE: an adjacent issue CVE-2021-32803 affects this release level. Please ensure you update to the latest patch levels that address CVE-2021-32803 as well if this adjacent issue affects your node-tar
use case.
Users may work around this vulnerability without upgrading by creating a custom onentry
method which sanitizes the entry.path
or a filter
method which removes entries with absolute paths.
const path = require('path')
const tar = require('tar')
tar.x({
file: 'archive.tgz',
// either add this function...
onentry: (entry) => {
if (path.isAbsolute(entry.path)) {
entry.path = sanitizeAbsolutePathSomehow(entry.path)
entry.absolute = path.resolve(entry.path)
}
},
// or this one
filter: (file, entry) => {
if (path.isAbsolute(entry.path)) {
return false
} else {
return true
}
}
})
Users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest patch versions, rather than attempt to sanitize tar input themselves.
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
tar_project | tar | * | cpe:2.3:a:tar_project:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3jfq-g458-7qm9
github.com/npm/node-tar/commit/1f036ca23f64a547bdd6c79c1a44bc62e8115da4
github.com/npm/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-3jfq-g458-7qm9
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32804
www.npmjs.com/advisories/1770
www.npmjs.com/package/tar
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
80.2%