CVE-2026-59875

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 3.1

5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 42% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-248

Published

2026-07-08

Modified

2026-10-25

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-25

Packages (OSV)

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

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