{"cve":"CVE-2026-59875","nvd":{"published":"2026-07-08T16:16:34.107","modified":"2026-10-25T17:10:00.197","status":"Deferred","description":"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.","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:L","score":5.3},"cwes":["CWE-248"],"references":["https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/7a635c29f5edbf083557374d43984273ecfed5b3","https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/releases/tag/v7.5.17","https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-gvwx-54wh-qm9j","https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-gvwx-54wh-qm9j"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-25T17:50:06.907763985+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-59875","score":0.00507,"percentile":0.42955,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-gvwx-54wh-qm9j","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gvwx-54wh-qm9j","summary":"node-tar: Uncaught Exception DoS via NUL byte in PAX path/linkpath records","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:52.205344551Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"tar","purl":"pkg:npm/tar","ranges":["<7.5.17"],"fixed":["7.5.17"]}]}],"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."]}