Path Traversal in Decompress Project

CVE-2020-12265

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.021 (79.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12265?
CVE-2020-12265 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Decompress Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-26.
How severe is CVE-2020-12265?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-12265 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.