{"cve":"CVE-2026-59871","nvd":{"published":"2026-07-08T16:16:33.723","modified":"2026-10-25T20:10:00.147","status":"Analyzed","description":"node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.18, node-tar coerces all-digit PAX path and linkpath values in src/pax.ts to JavaScript numbers, causing downstream path handling such as normalizeWindowsPath(entry.path).split('/') to throw an uncaught TypeError. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.18.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-704"],"references":["https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/e02a4e9e013c4be95302e2eb2047a942b883c27b","https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/releases/tag/v7.5.18","https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-w8wr-v893-vjvp","https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-w8wr-v893-vjvp"],"products":["isaacs:tar"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-25T23:44:34.550481224+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-59871","score":0.00644,"percentile":0.50571,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-w8wr-v893-vjvp","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w8wr-v893-vjvp","summary":"node-tar: Process crash via PAX numeric path type confusion","modified":"2026-09-10T03:51:12.362978491Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"tar","purl":"pkg:npm/tar","ranges":["<7.5.18"],"fixed":["7.5.18"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}