CVE-2022-25358

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-02-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A ..%2F path traversal vulnerability exists in the path handler of awful-salmonella-tar before 0.0.4. Attackers can only list directories (not read files). This occurs because the safe-path? Scheme predicate is not used for directories.

Affected products

Awful-Salmonella-Tar Project Awful-Salmonella-Tar: before 0.0.4 — fixed in 0.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Awful-Salmonella-Tar Project Awful-Salmonella-Tar 0.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/mario-goulart/awful-salmonella-tar/commit/f705c881769b7610745cd4b4d8ae8b41b3f4f845
https://wiki.call-cc.org/eggref/5/awful-salmonella-tar
https://github.com/mario-goulart/awful-salmonella-tar/commit/f705c881769b7610745cd4b4d8ae8b41b3f4f845
https://wiki.call-cc.org/eggref/5/awful-salmonella-tar

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