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TI-2025-42947 Aliases CVE-2025-69874GHSA-92fh-27vv-894w

nanotar through 0.2.0 has a path traversal vulnerability in parseTar() and parseTarGzip()…

Priority HIGH 81CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

nanotar through 0.2.0 has a path traversal vulnerability in parseTar() and parseTarGzip() that allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files outside the intended extraction directory via a crafted tar archive containing path traversal sequence.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00929 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—nanotar (npm)up to 0.2.0—No fix listedGHSA-92fh-27vv-894w
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • nanotar (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 0.2.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-92fh-27vv-894w

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:unjs:nanotar:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*up to 0.2.0Vulnerableunjs
  • cpe:2.3:a:unjs:nanotar:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions up to 0.2.0 Vulnerable ·unjs

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-69874
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-92fh-27vv-894w

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

Sources

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