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
- Decompress_project Decompress
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
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.