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CVE-2015-8860

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The tar package before 2.0.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

Affected products

• Node.js: through 1.8.4

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/57
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/57

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