{"id":"USN-5283-1","summary":"node-tar vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that Tar for Node.js did not properly sanitize path inputs.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files, resulting\nin a directory traversal attack.\n","modified":"2026-04-27T16:01:40.102064Z","published":"2022-02-11T14:43:32Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32803"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-32803","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32803"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5283-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32803"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"node-tar","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-tar@4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["4.4.10+ds1-2","4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"node-tar","binary_version":"4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1+esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2021-32803","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5283-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}