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CVE-2026-59875 Details

ANALYZED

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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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

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

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-gvwx-54wh-qm9j	CISA-ADP	AdvisoryExploitRemedyVendor
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/7a635c29f5edbf083557374d43984273ecfed5b3	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/releases/tag/v7.5.17	[email protected]	Release NotesVendor
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-gvwx-54wh-qm9j	[email protected]	AdvisoryExploitRemedyVendor

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-248	Uncaught Exception	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
node-tar	<= 7.5.16 (semver)
CPE cpe:2.3:a:node-tar_project:node-tar:::::::: Remediation Upgrade: 7.5.17moderate efforthttps://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/releases/tag/v7.5.17

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jul 9, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jul 8, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]