CVE-2026-59875 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 07.07.2026 Published: 08.07.2026 Updated: 08.07.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor isaacs
Product node-tar
Versions
  • Version < 7.5.17 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-248: Uncaught Exception CWE