CVE-2020-12265

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductDecompress
PublishedApr 26, 2020
First seenApr 26, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • decompress_project decompress4.2.1 or later
  • decompress4.2.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
decompress_project decompressv < 4.2.14.2.1
decompressnpmv < 4.2.14.2.1

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