CVE 8.4 HIGH

Complete Bypass of CVE-2026-24884 Patch via Git-Delivered Symlink Poisoning in compressing_CVE-2026-40931

8.4 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Compressing is a compressing and uncompressing lib for node. Prior to 2.1.1 and 1.10.5, the patch for CVE-2026-24884 relies on a purely logical string validation within the isPathWithinParent utility. This check verifies if a resolved path string starts with the destination directory string but fails to account for the actual filesystem state. By exploiting this "Logical vs. Physical" divergence, an attacker can bypass the security check using a Directory Poisoning technique (pre-existing symbolic links). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.1 and 1.10.5.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-40931
Source GitHub_M
Published Apr 21, 2026 at 20:57

Affected Product

Vendor node-modules
Product compressing
Version >=2.0.0, < 2.1.1
Affected Versions node-modules compressing >=2.0.0, < 2.1.1
node-modules compressing < 1.10.5

CWE Classification

References

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