Medium 5.3Published Jul 8, 2026

CVE-2026-59875node-tar: Uncaught Exception DoS via NUL byte in PAX path/linkpath records

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 7:40 AM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-248
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 9, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

isaacs node-tar isaacs:node_tar (from the name)	before 7.5.17	CNA record

References

References

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

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