CVE-2026-39246

A flaw was found in the decompress package for Node.js. The package creates symlinks from archive entries during extraction without validating the link target against the output directory, because the existing containment check only applies to regular file entries. An attacker who can supply a...

GHSA-923J-VRCG-HXWH malcontent vulnerable to symlink Path Traversal via handleSymlink argument confusion in archive extraction

malcontent could be made to create symlinks outside the intended extraction directory when scanning a specially crafted tar or deb archive. The handleSymlink function received arguments in the wrong order, causing the symlink target to be used as the symlink location. Additionally, symlink target...

EUVD-2026-4947

malcontent discovers supply-chain compromises through. context, differential analysis, and YARA. Starting in version 1.8.0 and prior to version 1.20.3, malcontent could be made to create symlinks outside the intended extraction directory when scanning a specially crafted tar or deb archive. The...