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CVE-2026-59875
node-tar: Uncaught Exception DoS via NUL byte in PAX path/linkpath records
Medium5.3EPSS 0.35%
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- GitHub_M
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (3)
- https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-gvwx-54wh-qm9j (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
- https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/7a635c29f5edbf083557374d43984273ecfed5b3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/releases/tag/v7.5.17 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-gvwx-54wh-qm9j (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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