Link Following The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package librgw2 (opens in a new tab)
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- published21 Aug 2025
- disclosed1 Jan 2024
Introduced: 1 Jan 2024
CVE-2024-12905 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream librgw2 package and not the librgw2 package as distributed by RHEL.
An Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ("Link Following") and Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ("Path Traversal"). This vulnerability occurs when extracting a maliciously crafted tar file, which can result in unauthorized file writes or overwrites outside the intended extraction directory. The issue is associated with index.js in the tar-fs package.
This issue affects tar-fs: from 0.0.0 before 1.16.4, from 2.0.0 before 2.1.2, from 3.0.0 before 3.0.8.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2355460
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12905
- https://github.com/mafintosh/tar-fs/commit/a1dd7e7c7f4b4a8bd2ab60f513baca573b44e2ed
- https://www.seal.security/blog/a-link-to-the-past-uncovering-a-new-vulnerability-in-tar-fs
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00012.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52268