CVE-2026-59875 (GCVE-0-2026-59875)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-08 15:20 – Updated: 2026-07-08 15:20
VLAI
Title
node-tar: Uncaught Exception DoS via NUL byte in PAX path/linkpath records
Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-248 - Uncaught Exception
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advis… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/7a635c2… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/releases/tag/v7.5.17 | x_refsource_MISC |
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