CVE-2026-101894

@xhmikosr/decompress: Path traversal via symlink chain

Published Sep 28, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The decompress package for Node.js extracts archives. Prior to 10.2.2 and 11.1.4, the default decompress(input, output) API relies on lexical containment checks that do not account for the kernel following a planted symlink chain. An attacker can supply a crafted archive containing chained symlink entries so that a later entry resolves outside the output directory. This allows files outside output to be read or written, and overwriting startup scripts or configuration can lead to remote code execution. The maintained @xhmikosr/decompress package is fixed in 10.2.2 and 11.1.4, but the separately affected unmaintained decompress package remains unpatched through 4.2.1. This vulnerability results from a bypass of the incomplete hardening for CVE-2026-53486. @xhmikosr/decompress is fixed in versions 10.2.2 and 11.1.4.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hrh2-vp3x-79xf @xhmikosr/decompress: Path traversal via symlink chain
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kevva
Kevva decompress
Xhmikosr
Xhmikosr decompress
Vendors & Products Kevva
Kevva decompress
Xhmikosr
Xhmikosr decompress
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The decompress package for Node.js extracts archives. Prior to 10.2.2 and 11.1.4, the default decompress(input, output) API relies on lexical containment checks that do not account for the kernel following a planted symlink chain. An attacker can supply a crafted archive containing chained symlink entries so that a later entry resolves outside the output directory. This allows files outside output to be read or written, and overwriting startup scripts or configuration can lead to remote code execution. The maintained @xhmikosr/decompress package is fixed in 10.2.2 and 11.1.4, but the separately affected unmaintained decompress package remains unpatched through 4.2.1. This vulnerability results from a bypass of the incomplete hardening for CVE-2026-53486. @xhmikosr/decompress is fixed in versions 10.2.2 and 11.1.4.
Title @xhmikosr/decompress: Path traversal via symlink chain
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-59
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Sep 28, 2026, 5:39 PM
Reserved
Sep 28, 2026, 3:55 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 28, 2026, 5:17 PM
Modified
Sep 30, 2026, 7:38 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Sep 28, 2026, 4:57 PM