CVE-2026-59875 | node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. … | CVSS 5.3 MEDIUM

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-59875
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 2026-07-07 15:41 UTC
Published: 2026-07-08 15:20 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-08 15:20 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-248
CWE-248: Uncaught Exception
Vendor / Product: isaacs / node-tar
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

5.3 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1

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

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
isaacs	node-tar	—	< 7.5.17

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-248	cna	CWE-248: Uncaught Exception

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
5.3	MEDIUM	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References (3)

https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-gvwx-54wh-qm9j https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-gvwx-54wh-qm9j
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/7a635c29f5edbf083557374d43984273ecfed5b3 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/releases/tag/v7.5.17