Uncontrolled Search Path Element Affecting github.com/google/safearchive/tar package, versions *
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EPSS
0.04% (11th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMGOOGLESAFEARCHIVETAR-8343292
- published 5 Nov 2024
- disclosed 4 Nov 2024
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 4 Nov 2024
New CVE-2024-10389 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for github.com/google/safearchive/tar.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Search Path Element due to the improper handling of symbolic links during archive extraction. An attacker can write arbitrary files by crafting an archive that includes malicious symbolic links.
Note: This is only exploitable on platforms with case-insensitive filesystems, such as NTFS.