CVE-2023-31483 — tar/TarFileReader

tar/TarFileReader.cpp in Cauldron cbang before bastet-v8.1.17 has a directory traversal during extraction that allows the attacker to create or write to files outside the current directory via a crafted tar archive.

01What is this vulnerability?

tar/TarFileReader.cpp in Cauldron cbang before bastet-v8.1.17 has a directory traversal during extraction that allows the attacker to create or write to files outside the current directory via a crafted tar archive.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-31T19:57:08.776Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/CauldronDevelopmentLLC/cbang/issues/115
• github.com — https://github.com/CauldronDevelopmentLLC/cbang/compare/bastet-v8.1.16...bastet-…