CVE-2026-59875
Published:July 08, 2026
Updated:July 31, 2026
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 Packages
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.14 <7.5.17Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 7.5.17tar (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.1 <7.5.17Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 7.5.17tar (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.1 <7.5.17Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 7.5.17Related Resources (6)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Uncaught Exception
EPSS
Base Score:
0.29