Symlink Attack

Overview tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack exploitable via stripAbsolutePath, used by the Unpack class. An attacker can overwrite arbitrary files outside the intended extraction directory by including a hardlink whose linkpa...

PT-2026-23608

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions node-tar versions prior to 7.5.10 Description A flaw in the extraction logic allows an attacker to create a hardlink that points outside the intended extraction directory. By using a drive-relative link target, such as C:../target.txt, the...