CVE-2026-73566

node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.21, node-tar's filesFilter in src/list.ts uses the recursive mapHas helper to walk an archive entry path upward with path.dirname() and no segment cap when tar.t(...) or tar.x(...) receives a non-empty member-selection list. A crafted GNU L or PAX x long-path header with thousands of slash-separated segments reaches this.filter(entry.path, entry) in Parser[CONSUMEHEADER] in src/parse.ts before Unpack[CHECKPATH] applies maxDepth, causing an uncatchable RangeError stack overflow that terminates asynchronous and streaming Node.js consumers. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.21.

CVSS 3.1

7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 44% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-400, CWE-674

Published

2026-08-13

Modified

2026-10-24

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-24

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/631ae59121bf8fc8a22bbae35f074cb9b789cd4a
• https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-r292-9mhp-454m
• https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-r292-9mhp-454m

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