Directory Traversal Affecting libcephfs2 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.78% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LIBCEPHFS2-12135274
  • published22 Aug 2025
  • disclosed27 Mar 2025

Introduced: 27 Mar 2025

CVE-2024-12905  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 libcephfs2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcephfs2 package and not the libcephfs2 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1