CVE-2021-37712

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 77.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2021-08-31 00:00Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 01:23Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-07-29

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.2)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

350e3c823082feb82bccc0cc368bebd3372dcb3e01edc3f4670890edeadca6e0

• www.npmjs.comhttps://www.npmjs.com/package/tar
• github.comhttps://github.com/npm/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-qq89-hq3f-393p
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
• www.debian.orgDSA-5008https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5008vendor-advisory
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221212 [SECURITY] [DLA 3237-1] node-tar security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00023.htmlmailing-list