TI-2016-08249 Aliases CVE-2016-10173 GHSA-h5g2-38x9-4gv3

Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2…

MEDIUM 40CWE-22Published 2017-02-01 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · High · None
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a TAR archive entry.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04703 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Partial archive-tar-minitar (RubyGems): 0.5.2minitar (RubyGems): 0.6Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	archive-tar-minitar (RubyGems)	before 0.5.2	0.5.2	Patch available	GHSA-h5g2-38x9-4gv3
—	minitar (RubyGems)	before 0.6	0.6	Patch available	GHSA-h5g2-38x9-4gv3

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
archive-tar-minitar (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 0.5.2 Fixed in 0.5.2 Patch available GHSA-h5g2-38x9-4gv3
minitar (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 0.6 Fixed in 0.6 Patch available GHSA-h5g2-38x9-4gv3

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:minitar:archive-tar-minitar::::::::	up to 0.5.2	Vulnerable	Minitar
cpe:2.3:a:minitar:minitar::::::::	up to 0.5.4	Vulnerable	Minitar

cpe:2.3:a:minitar:archive-tar-minitar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.5.2 Vulnerable ·Minitar
cpe:2.3:a:minitar:minitar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.5.4 Vulnerable ·Minitar

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-h5g2-38x9-4gv3 archive-tar-minitar (RubyGems) Fixed in 0.5.2 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-h5g2-38x9-4gv3 minitar (RubyGems) Fixed in 0.6 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-10173
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h5g2-38x9-4gv3

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16

Patch 3

Advisory 3

Other 4

Sources

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences