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Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar High
CVE-2015-8860 was published for tar (npm) Oct 24, 2017
Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar High
CVE-2018-20834 was published for tar (npm) May 1, 2019
Arbitrary File Overwrite in fstream High
CVE-2019-13173 was published for fstream (npm) May 30, 2019
Arbitrary File Write in npm High
CVE-2019-16775 was published for npm (npm) Dec 13, 2019
DanielRuf Credited to DanielRuf
Arbitrary File Read in Snyk Broker Moderate
CVE-2020-7653 was published for snyk-broker (npm) Jun 3, 2020
Local Privilege Escalation in npm Low
CVE-2013-4116 was published for npm (npm) Sep 1, 2020
Path Traversal in decompress Critical
CVE-2020-12265 was published for decompress (npm) Sep 3, 2020
tdunlap607 Credited to tdunlap607
Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via insufficient symlink protection due to directory cache poisoning High
CVE-2021-32803 was published for tar (npm) Aug 3, 2021
ginkoid Credited to ginkoid, chen-robert, and levpachmanov chen-robert chen-robert
levpachmanov levpachmanov
UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in @npmcli/arborist High
CVE-2021-39135 was published for @npmcli/arborist (npm) Aug 31, 2021
JarLob Credited to JarLob and KateCatlin KateCatlin KateCatlin
@npmcli/arborist vulnerable to UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following High
CVE-2021-39134 was published for @npmcli/arborist (npm) Aug 31, 2021
ginkoid Credited to ginkoid and chen-robert chen-robert chen-robert
Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via insufficient symlink protection due to directory cache poisoning using symbolic links High
CVE-2021-37712 was published for tar (npm) Aug 31, 2021
JarLob Credited to JarLob, chen-robert, ginkoid, and levpachmanov chen-robert chen-robert
ginkoid ginkoid levpachmanov levpachmanov
Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via insufficient symlink protection due to directory cache poisoning using symbolic links High
CVE-2021-37701 was published for tar (npm) Aug 31, 2021
chen-robert Credited to chen-robert, ginkoid, and levpachmanov ginkoid ginkoid
levpachmanov levpachmanov
Ghost vulnerable to arbitrary file read via symlinks in content import Moderate
CVE-2023-40028 was published for ghost (npm) Aug 15, 2023
ixSly Credited to ixSly
@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem allows for path validation bypass via prefix matching and symlink handling High
CVE-2025-53109 was published for @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem (npm) Jul 1, 2025
tmp allows arbitrary temporary file / directory write via symbolic link `dir` parameter Low
CVE-2025-54798 was published for tmp (npm) Aug 6, 2025
dellalibera Credited to dellalibera
n8n symlink traversal vulnerability in "Read/Write File" node allows access to restricted files Moderate
CVE-2025-57749 was published for n8n (npm) Aug 20, 2025
Mahmoud0x00 Credited to Mahmoud0x00
Backstage has a Possible Symlink Path Traversal in Scaffolder Actions High
CVE-2026-24046 was published for @backstage/backend-defaults (npm) Jan 21, 2026
@backstage/cli-common has a possible `resolveSafeChildPath` Symlink Chain Bypass Moderate
CVE-2026-24047 was published for @backstage/cli-common (npm) Jan 21, 2026
pnpm has symlink traversal in file:/git dependencies Moderate
CVE-2026-24056 was published for pnpm (npm) Jan 26, 2026
mldangelo Credited to mldangelo
node-tar Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via Hardlink Path Traversal High
CVE-2026-24842 was published for tar (npm) Jan 28, 2026
mistersiddd Credited to mistersiddd
Compressing Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Extraction High
CVE-2026-24884 was published for compressing (npm) Feb 3, 2026
Heeqw Credited to Heeqw
OpenClaw's TOCTOU symlink race in writeFileWithinRoot could create or truncate files outside root boundaries High
GHSA-x82f-27x3-q89c was published for openclaw (npm) Mar 2, 2026
tdjackey Credited to tdjackey
OpenClaw: Sandbox media TOCTOU could read files outside sandbox root High
GHSA-7xmq-g46g-f8pv was published for openclaw (npm) Mar 2, 2026
tdjackey Credited to tdjackey
OpenClaw has browser trace/download path symlink escape in temp output handling Moderate
CVE-2026-32054 was published for openclaw (npm) Mar 2, 2026
tdjackey Credited to tdjackey
OpenClaw gateway agents.files symlink escape allowed out-of-workspace file read/write Critical
CVE-2026-32013 was published for openclaw (npm) Mar 2, 2026
tdjackey Credited to tdjackey
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