PT-2026-56495 · Npm · Node-Tar

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CVE-2026-59875

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Published

2026-07-08

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Updated

2026-07-24

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions node-tar versions prior to 7.5.17
Description The library fails to strip NUL bytes from PAX path and linkpath records in the src/pax.ts file. This allows a specially crafted archive to pass these values to fs.lstat or fs.open, resulting in an uncaught exception that terminates the process.
Recommendations Update to version 7.5.17.

Exploit

Fix

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-59875
GHSA-GVWX-54WH-QM9J

Affected Products

Node-Tar