CVE-2026-59875
5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.17, node-tar does not strip NUL bytes from PAX path and linkpath records in src/pax.ts, allowing a crafted archive with values to reach fs.lstat or fs.open and terminate the process with an uncaught exception. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.17.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| isaacs | node-tar | < 7.5.17 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-248: CWE-248: Uncaught Exception
References
- https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-gvwx-54wh-qm9j
- https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/7a635c29f5edbf083557374d43984273ecfed5b3
- https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/releases/tag/v7.5.17
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