| Name | CVE-2026-59875 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1141767 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| node-tar (PTS) | bullseye | 6.0.5+ds1+~cs11.3.9-1+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 6.0.5+ds1+~cs11.3.9-1+deb11u3 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm | 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie | 6.2.1+~cs7.0.8-1+deb13u1 | vulnerable | |
| forky | 6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-10 | vulnerable | |
| sid | 7.5.19+~4.0.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| node-tar | source | (unstable) | 7.5.19+~4.0.1-1 | 1141767 |
[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)