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CVE-2018-20835
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-04-30T19:29:03.437 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:53:33.670

Summary

A vulnerability was found in tar-fs before 1.16.2. An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the system, in conjunction with a later plain file with the same name as the hardlink. This plain file content replaces the existing file content.

Affected products

tar-fs_project — tar-fs

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