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.
Published: 2026-09-28
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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'}


Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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'}


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Kevva Decompress
Xhmikosr Decompress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-28T17:39:11.304Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T15:55:37.906Z

Link: CVE-2026-101894

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-28T17:39:03.127Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-28T17:17:48.830

Modified: 2026-09-28T18:17:17.730

Link: CVE-2026-101894

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-28T18:30:04Z

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