tar-rs `unpack_in` can chmod arbitrary directories by following symlinks

Summary When unpacking a tar archive, the tar crate's unpackdir function uses fs::metadata to check whether a path that already exists is a directory. Because fs::metadata follows symbolic links, a crafted tarball containing a symlink entry followed by a directory entry with the same name causes...

EUVD-2026-8778

Zed, a code editor, has an extension installer allows tar/gzip downloads. Prior to version 0.224.4, the tar extractor asynctar::Archive::unpack creates symlinks from the archive without validation, and the path guard writeablepathfromextension only performs lexical prefix checks without resolving...

EUVD-2021-1004

Malware in sbrugna...

Security update for gradle

This update for gradle fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-35947: Fixed an issue while unpacking tar archives, where files could be created outside of the unpack location bsc1212931. Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST...

CVE-2020-26312

Dotmesh is a git-like command-line interface for capturing, organizing and sharing application states. In versions 0.8.1 and prior, the unsafe handling of symbolic links in an unpacking routine may enable attackers to read and/or write to arbitrary locations outside the designated target...

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29529

HashiCorp go-slug up to 0.4.3 did not fully protect against directory traversal while unpacking tar archives, and protections could be bypassed with specific constructions of multiple symlinks. Fixed in 0.5.0...