CVE-2026-59875

NameCVE-2026-59875
Descriptionnode-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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Debian Bugs1141767

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
node-tar (PTS)bullseye6.0.5+ds1+~cs11.3.9-1+deb11u2vulnerable
bullseye (security)6.0.5+ds1+~cs11.3.9-1+deb11u3vulnerable
bookworm6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-1vulnerable
trixie6.2.1+~cs7.0.8-1+deb13u1vulnerable
forky6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-10vulnerable
sid7.5.19+~4.0.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
node-tarsource(unstable)7.5.19+~4.0.1-11141767

Notes

[trixie] - node-tar <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-gvwx-54wh-qm9j
Fixed by: https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/7a635c29f5edbf083557374d43984273ecfed5b3 (v7.5.17)

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