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CVE-2026-24884

Compressing is a compressing and uncompressing lib for node. In version 2.0.0 and 1.10.3 and prior, Compressing extracts TAR archives while restoring symbolic links without validating their targets. By embedding symlinks that resolve outside the intended extraction directory, an attacker can cause subsequent file entries to be written to arbitrary locations on the host file system. Depending on the extractor’s handling of existing files, this behavior may allow overwriting sensitive files or cre
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:4dc0cd269c4f5473221b48d0b79345fc6dde5ee88bfede7ee8a99ece9a4dd7a8
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"compressing","vendor":"node-modules","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"= 2.0.0"},{"status":"affected","version":"< 1.10.4"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c8bc5ffc9bb9a15bea3218fc662aabc0e0e5b08009bbc57c79c37e329e12cbc6 · sha256:031eddc10561d21a… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.4,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c8bc5ffc9bb9a15bea3218fc662aabc0e0e5b08009bbc57c79c37e329e12cbc6 · sha256:031eddc10561d21a… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-59","description":"CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c8bc5ffc9bb9a15bea3218fc662aabc0e0e5b08009bbc57c79c37e329e12cbc6 · sha256:031eddc10561d21a… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"name":"https://github.com/node-modules/compressing/commit/8d16c196c7f1888fc1af957d9ff36117247cea6c","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/node-modules/compressing/commit/8d16c196c7f1888fc1af957d9ff36117247cea6c"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c8bc5ffc9bb9a15bea3218fc662aabc0e0e5b08009bbc57c79c37e329e12cbc6 · sha256:031eddc10561d21a… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/node-modules/compressing/commit/ce1c0131c401c071c77d5a1425bf8c88cfc16361","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/node-modules/compressing/commit/ce1c0131c401c071c77d5a1425bf8c88cfc16361"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c8bc5ffc9bb9a15bea3218fc662aabc0e0e5b08009bbc57c79c37e329e12cbc6 · sha256:031eddc10561d21a… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/node-modules/compressing/security/advisories/GHSA-cc8f-xg8v-72m3","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/node-modules/compressing/security/advisories/GHSA-cc8f-xg8v-72m3"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c8bc5ffc9bb9a15bea3218fc662aabc0e0e5b08009bbc57c79c37e329e12cbc6 · sha256:031eddc10561d21a… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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