Description
The decompress package before 4.2.1 for Node.js is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via ../ in an archive member, when a symlink is used, because of Directory Traversal.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2020-1238 | The decompress package before 4.2.1 for Node.js is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via ../ in an archive member, when a symlink is used, because of Directory Traversal. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-qgfr-5hqp-vrw9 | Path Traversal in decompress |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T11:48:58.593Z
Reserved: 2020-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-12265
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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-04-26T17:15:11.150
Modified: 2026-06-17T02:51:31.937
Link: CVE-2020-12265
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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EUVD
Github GHSA