CVE-2021-37712
HighAdvisory
Published 31 Aug 2021In the index since 6 Sept 2026
- Severity
- High
- worst across findings
- CVSS
- 8.6
- base score, highest
- EPSS
- 0.018
- 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- no confirmed exploitation
- Charts affected
- 184
- of 17,781 indexed, latest versions
- Container images
- 186
- deployed by those charts
- Fix available
- 2 of 3
- affected packages
Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via insufficient symlink protection due to directory cache poisoning using symbolic links
Carried by container images the latest versions of 184 of 17,781 indexed charts deploy, on 186 images.
| Affected package | Affected versions | Fixed in | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| nodejsapk | 12.17.0-r0, 12.18.4-r0, 12.20.1-r0, 12.22.4-r0+1 more | 12.22.6-r0, 14.17.6-r0 | 7 |
| tarnpm | 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.4.1, 4.4.2+10 more | 4.4.18, 6.1.9 | 182 |
| node-tardeb | 1.0.3-2, 2.2.1-1, 4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1, 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-3 | no fix listed | 6 |
Charts affected
184 by stars
Container images carrying it
186 by charts deploying them
A fixed version is listed for 2 of the 3 affected packages.
| Container image | Digest | Package | Fixed in | Used by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dessalines/ | ee4c620d8e93 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| devspacecloud/ | deef55ff29a7 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| eameti/ | f36642affa86 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| ethereumex/ | a7603aa8df4c | node-tar tar | no fix listed 4.4.18 | 1 |
| ethersphere/ | 7624f11a72ad | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| felddy/ | 6c5d90b90349 | tar | 6.1.9 | 1 |
| fiware/ | fe11f55a926d | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| flagsmith/ | df02a29e8b0c | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| frappe/ | 2095767a9e82 | tar | 6.1.9 | 1 |
| galaxy/ | 0267bad550e6 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| gethue/ | 5702b2c37ff9 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| governify/ | 6d3d1a5b46a9 | tar | 6.1.9 | 1 |
| graphiteapp/ | 04a0037cc2ae | nodejs tar | 12.22.6-r0 4.4.18 | 1 |
| gristlabs/ | 6e71b1914a7e | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| halkeye/ | 53eb2b3cd4cb | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| halkeye/ | 9764d2202130 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| halkeye/ | 7638bfba70b0 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| haveagitgat/ | 1e3f9328327d | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| hhaluk/ | a6555953d941 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| hyperledger/ | c65891b6c237 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| i4trust/ | 3e77858e1219 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| ibarreche/ | b7a08274e69f | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| ibmcom/ | 240ff499eb5b | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| ibmcom/ | e2a86997b36b | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| ibmcom/ | 02d882f2836e | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| ibmcom/ | b8e8df11072d | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| ibmcom/ | b558f2b444ae | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| ibmcom/ | ab3fd1fdfa18 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| ibmcom/ | ed5505e5c7ec | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| ibmcom/ | e17bdccc5030 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| ibmcom/ | 0762ab1df6c1 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| improwised/ | 97280b55cbd4 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| istio/ | b6a6b88d3578 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| jayfong/ | 163e5d621910 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| jesec/ | 60bd59cfb4eb | tar | 6.1.9 | 1 |
| jesec/ | f0c894ec459e | tar | 6.1.9 | 1 |
| jupyterhub/ | 3974ba945e65 | node-tar | no fix listed | 1 |
| jupyterhub/ | e3e6f3051df8 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| klausmeyer/ | 430a440d95af | nodejs | 12.22.6-r0 | 1 |
| koumoul/ | 7108d47be3b2 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| koumoul/ | 8eeca2e8285b | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| kubebb/ | fadac6d52470 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| kubebb/ | 258458311bc9 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| kubesphere/ | f1b5bf878196 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| kvalitetsit/ | 2b99cfa3c5df | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| lavandadelpatio/ | 501c3f31e0bc | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| leeyoongti/ | 21d66cb76352 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| linuxserver/ | a847b5b2d860 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| linuxserver/ | b801bbcf6386 | tar | 4.4.18 | 1 |
| lsstsqre/ | b75bf8aaafa4 | node-tar tar | no fix listed 4.4.18 | 1 |