CVE-2015-8860
HighAdvisory
Published 23 Jan 2017In the index since 6 Sept 2026
- Severity
- High
- worst across findings
- CVSS
- 7.5
- base score, highest
- EPSS
- 0.049
- 92nd percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- no confirmed exploitation
- Charts affected
- 3
- of 17,781 indexed, latest versions
- Container images
- 3
- deployed by those charts
- Fix available
- 2 of 2
- affected packages
Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar
Carried by container images the latest versions of 3 of 17,781 indexed charts deploy, on 3 images.
| Affected package | Affected versions | Fixed in | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| tarnpm | 1.0.3 | 2.0.0 | 3 |
| node-tardeb | 1.0.3-2 | 1.0.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 1 |
- OSV records
- GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9vUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8860
- Also known as
- USN-4777-1
Charts affected
3 by stars
Container images carrying it
3 by charts deploying them
A fixed version is listed for 2 of the 2 affected packages.
| Container image | Digest | Package | Fixed in | Used by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| decayofmind/ | 1e18e92fe694 | tar | 2.0.0 | 1 |
| ethereumex/ | a7603aa8df4c | node-tar tar | 1.0.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 2.0.0 | 1 |
| minddocdev/ | 6c60b11a4fa7 | tar | 2.0.0 | 1 |