CVE-2026-59875: 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 …
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.
- Published by source
- 2026-07-08
- First seen by Reality Radar
- 2026-10-25
- Last verified
- 2026-10-25
What the official notice says
Risk: CVSS 5.3
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Sources
- NIST National Vulnerability Database Tier A · official published 2026-07-08
Evidence ledger
Every piece of evidence we store is appended to a public hash chain, so later edits are detectable. Anyone can re-verify it.
| Entry | Kind | Observed | Evidence hash | Entry hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1674 | new | 2026-10-25 | 8d741a79948a…e98746 | 010e14c5b4b9…34c1b3 |
Chain head: #1697 83c542f07eed…822c88