{"cve":"CVE-2026-24884","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-04T20:16:05.703","modified":"2026-06-17T10:23:44.837","status":"Analyzed","description":"Compressing is a compressing and uncompressing lib for node. In version 2.0.0 and 1.10.3 and prior, Compressing extracts TAR archives while restoring symbolic links without validating their targets. By embedding symlinks that resolve outside the intended extraction directory, an attacker can cause subsequent file entries to be written to arbitrary locations on the host file system. Depending on the extractor’s handling of existing files, this behavior may allow overwriting sensitive files or creating new files in security-critical locations. This issue has been patched in versions 1.10.4 and 2.0.1.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["https://github.com/node-modules/compressing/commit/8d16c196c7f1888fc1af957d9ff36117247cea6c","https://github.com/node-modules/compressing/commit/ce1c0131c401c071c77d5a1425bf8c88cfc16361","https://github.com/node-modules/compressing/security/advisories/GHSA-cc8f-xg8v-72m3"],"products":["node-modules:compressing"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:22:27.261130201+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-24884","score":0.00348,"percentile":0.28379,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-cc8f-xg8v-72m3","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-cc8f-xg8v-72m3","summary":"Compressing Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Extraction","modified":"2026-02-04T23:07:18.375033Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"compressing","purl":"pkg:npm/compressing","ranges":[">=2.0.0 <2.0.1"],"fixed":["2.0.1"]},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"compressing","purl":"pkg:npm/compressing","ranges":["<1.10.4"],"fixed":["1.10.4"]}]}],"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."]}