CVE-2015-8860
Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.37%
Description
The tar package before 2.0.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.
How to fix CVE-2015-8860
To remediate CVE-2015-8860, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/node-tar—upgrade to 2.2.1-1 or later
- npm/tar—upgrade to 2.0.0 or later
Is CVE-2015-8860 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.2.1-1
- from 0, < 2.0.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |