VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-38511

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-08-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.36 for Rust. When symlinks are present in a TAR archive, extraction can create arbitrary directories via .. traversal.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Primary references