" 2026 Apr 09 by Vim Project: fix bugs with zstd support (#19930)
" 2026 Apr 09 by Vim Project: fix bug with dotted filename (#19930)
" 2026 Apr 15 by Vim Project: fix more path traversal issues (#19981)
+" 2026 Apr 16 by Vim Project: use g:tar_secure in tar#Extract()
"
" Contains many ideas from Michael Toren's <tar.vim>
"
endif
if tarball =~# "\.tar$"
- call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".shellescape(fname))
+ call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".g:tar_secure.shellescape(fname))
if v:shell_error != 0
call s:Msg('tar#Extract', 'error', $"{extractcmd} {tarball} {fname}: failed!")
else
elseif tarball =~# "\.tgz$"
let extractcmd= substitute(extractcmd,"-","-z","")
- call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".shellescape(fname))
+ call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".g:tar_secure.shellescape(fname))
if v:shell_error != 0
call s:Msg('tar#Extract', 'error', $"{extractcmd} {tarball} {fname}: failed!")
else
elseif tarball =~# "\.tar\.gz$"
let extractcmd= substitute(extractcmd,"-","-z","")
- call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".shellescape(fname))
+ call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".g:tar_secure.shellescape(fname))
if v:shell_error != 0
call s:Msg('tar#Extract', 'error', $"{extractcmd} {tarball} {fname}: failed!")
else
elseif tarball =~# "\.tbz$"
let extractcmd= substitute(extractcmd,"-","-j","")
- call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".shellescape(fname))
+ call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".g:tar_secure.shellescape(fname))
if v:shell_error != 0
call s:Msg('tar#Extract', 'error', $"{extractcmd} {tarball} {fname}: failed!")
else
elseif tarball =~# "\.tar\.bz2$"
let extractcmd= substitute(extractcmd,"-","-j","")
- call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".shellescape(fname))
+ call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".g:tar_secure.shellescape(fname))
if v:shell_error != 0
call s:Msg('tar#Extract', 'error', $"{extractcmd} {tarball} {fname}: failed!")
else
elseif tarball =~# "\.tar\.bz3$"
let extractcmd= substitute(extractcmd,"-","-j","")
- call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".shellescape(fname))
+ call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".g:tar_secure.shellescape(fname))
if v:shell_error != 0
call s:Msg('tar#Extract', 'error', $"{extractcmd} {tarball} {fname}: failed!")
else
elseif tarball =~# "\.txz$"
let extractcmd= substitute(extractcmd,"-","-J","")
- call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".shellescape(fname))
+ call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".g:tar_secure.shellescape(fname))
if v:shell_error != 0
call s:Msg('tar#Extract', 'error', $"{extractcmd} {tarball} {fname}: failed!")
else
elseif tarball =~# "\.tar\.xz$"
let extractcmd= substitute(extractcmd,"-","-J","")
- call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".shellescape(fname))
+ call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".g:tar_secure.shellescape(fname))
if v:shell_error != 0
call s:Msg('tar#Extract', 'error', $"{extractcmd} {tarball} {fname}: failed!")
else
elseif tarball =~# "\.tzst$"
let extractcmd= substitute(extractcmd,"-","--zstd -","")
- call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".shellescape(fname))
+ call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".g:tar_secure.shellescape(fname))
if v:shell_error != 0
call s:Msg('tar#Extract', 'error', $"{extractcmd} {tarball} {fname}: failed!")
else
elseif tarball =~# "\.tar\.zst$"
let extractcmd= substitute(extractcmd,"-","--zstd -","")
- call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".shellescape(fname))
+ call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".g:tar_secure.shellescape(fname))
if v:shell_error != 0
call s:Msg('tar#Extract', 'error', $"{extractcmd} {tarball} {fname}: failed!")
else
if has("linux")
let extractcmd= substitute(extractcmd,"-","-I lz4 -","")
endif
- call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".shellescape(fname))
+ call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".g:tar_secure.shellescape(fname))
if v:shell_error != 0
call s:Msg('tar#Extract', 'error', $"{extractcmd} {tarball} {fname}: failed!")
else
if has("linux")
let extractcmd= substitute(extractcmd,"-","-I lz4 -","")
endif
- call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".shellescape(fname))
+ call system(extractcmd." ".shellescape(tarball)." ".g:tar_secure.shellescape(fname))
if v:shell_error != 0
call s:Msg('tar#Extract', 'error', $"{extractcmd} {tarball} {fname}: failed!")
else
-*pi_tar.txt* For Vim version 9.2. Last change: 2026 Feb 14
+*pi_tar.txt* For Vim version 9.2. Last change: 2026 Apr 16
+====================+
| Tar File Interface |
4. History *tar-history*
unreleased:
+ Apr 16, 2026 * add missing g:tar_secure into tar#Extract
+ Apr 15, 2026 * add path traversal checks in tar#Extract()
+ Apr 09, 2026 * fix zstd support and dotted filename support
+ Apr 06, 2026 * fix lz4 support
+ Feb 07, 2026 * make path traversal detection more robust
+ Feb 06, 2026 * fix bug with nowrapscan
+ Jul 16, 2025 * update minimum required Vim version
Jul 13, 2025 * drop leading /
May 19, 2025 * restore working directory after read/write
Apr 16, 2025 * decouple from netrw by adding s:WinPath()
- instead of shelling out to file(1)
+ instead of shelling out to file(1)
Mar 02, 2025 * determine the compression using readblob()
Mar 02, 2025 * escape the filename before using :read
Mar 01, 2025 * fix syntax error in tar#Read()