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Security fix · CVE-2025-48387

tar-fs provides filesystem bindings for tar-stream.

Published Jun 2, 2025 · catalog updated Nov 3, 2025 · tar-fs provides filesystem bindings

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-48387. EPSS is 0.58%. Act only if a listed version of tar-fs provides filesystem bindings is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (tar-fs provides filesystem bindings).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.7
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.58%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor mafintosh tar-fs 3.0.0, < 3.0.9

tar-fs provides filesystem bindings for tar-stream. Versions prior to 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5 have an issue where an extract can write outside the specified dir with a specific tarball. This has been patched in versions 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5. As a workaround, use the ignore option to ignore non files/directories.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor mafintosh tar-fs 3.0.0, < 3.0.93.0.0, < 3.0.9

How to fix CVE-2025-48387

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-48387. EPSS is 0.58%. Act only if a listed version of tar-fs provides filesystem bindings is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with mafintosh tar-fs 3.0.0, < 3.0.9 3.0.0, < 3.0.9. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.58%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 2, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    tar-fs provides filesystem bindings for tar-stream. Versions prior to 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5 have an issue where an extract can write outside the specified dir with a specific tarball. This has been patched in versions 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5. As a workaround, use the ignore option to ignore non files/directories.

  2. Nov 3, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    tar-fs provides filesystem bindings for tar-stream. Versions prior to 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5 have an issue where an extract can write outside the specified dir with a specific tarball. This has been patched in versions 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5. As a workaround, use the ignore option to ignore non files/directories.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-48387

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-48387

    30-day exploitation probability 0.6%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-16687

    tar-fs provides filesystem bindings for tar-stream. Versions prior to 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5 have an issue where an extract can write outside the specified dir with a specific tarball. This has been patched in versions 3.0.9, 2.1.3, and 1.16.5. As a workaround, use the ignore o

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.