CVE-2021-38511

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 10, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-38511: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix