{"cve":"CVE-2021-38511","nvd":{"published":"2021-08-10T23:15:07.237","modified":"2026-06-17T04:02:15.500","status":"Modified","description":"An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.36 for Rust. When symlinks are present in a TAR archive, extraction can create arbitrary directories via .. traversal.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/tar/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.md","https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.html","https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/tar/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.md","https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.html"],"products":["tar_project:tar"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:21:13.713336758+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-38511","score":0.01392,"percentile":0.72368,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-62jx-8vmh-4mcw","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-62jx-8vmh-4mcw","summary":"Links in archive can create arbitrary directories","modified":"2023-11-08T04:06:27.878399Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","name":"tar","purl":"pkg:cargo/tar","ranges":["<0.4.36"],"fixed":["0.4.36"]}]},{"id":"RUSTSEC-2021-0080","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2021-0080","summary":"Links in archive can create arbitrary directories","modified":"2026-07-17T16:00:04.671427235Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","name":"tar","purl":"pkg:cargo/tar","ranges":[">=0.0.0-0 <0.4.36"],"fixed":["0.4.36"]}]}],"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."]}