{"cve":"CVE-2016-10173","nvd":{"published":"2017-02-01T15:59:00.177","modified":"2026-06-17T00:39:12.560","status":"Modified","description":"Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a TAR archive entry.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3778","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874","https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4"],"products":["minitar:archive-tar-minitar","minitar:minitar"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:41:25.729257544+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-10173","score":0.04703,"percentile":0.9181,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-h5g2-38x9-4gv3","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-h5g2-38x9-4gv3","summary":"archive-tar-minitar and minitar vulnerable to Path Traversal","modified":"2024-02-16T08:04:25.597060Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"archive-tar-minitar","purl":"pkg:gem/archive-tar-minitar","ranges":["<0.5.2"],"fixed":["0.5.2"]},{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"minitar","purl":"pkg:gem/minitar","ranges":["<0.6"],"fixed":["0.6"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}