node-tar Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via Hardlink Path Traversal

Summary node-tar contains a vulnerability where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path traversal protections and creates hardlink...

GHSA-34X7-HFP2-RC4V node-tar Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via Hardlink Path Traversal

Summary node-tar contains a vulnerability where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path traversal protections and creates hardlink...

CVE-2026-24842

node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path...

CVE-2026-24842

node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path...

EUVD-2026-4909

node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path...

CVE-2026-24842 node-tar Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via Hardlink Path Traversal

node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path...

CVE-2026-24842 node-tar Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via Hardlink Path Traversal

node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path...

CVE-2026-24842

CVE-2026-24842 concerns node-tar (Tar for Node.js). It affects versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch enables an attacker to craft a malicious TAR that bypasses path-trav...

CVE-2026-24842 node-tar Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via Hardlink Path Traversal

node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path...

CVE-2026-24842

node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path...

CVE-2026-24842: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-24842

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution...

PT-2026-5047

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions node-tar versions prior to 7.5.7 Description The node-tar software has an issue where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution logic than the actual hardlink creation process. This discrepancy allows a malicious T...

Symlink Poisoning

node-tar is vulnerable to Symlink Poisoning. The vulnerability is due to insufficient sanitization of hardlink and symlink linkpath values during archive extraction, where malicious tar entries can bypass the extraction root restriction and overwrite arbitrary files or create dangerous symlinks...

SUSE CVE-2026-23745

node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. The node-tar library = 7.5.2 fails to sanitize the linkpath of Link hardlink and SymbolicLink entries when preservePaths is false the default secure behavior. This allows malicious archives to bypass the extraction root restriction, leading to Arbitrary File Overwri...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-23745

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. The node-tar library = 7.5.2 fails to sanitize the linkpath of Link hardlink and SymbolicLink entries when preservePaths is false...

CVE-2026-23745

node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. The node-tar library = 7.5.2 fails to sanitize the linkpath of Link hardlink and SymbolicLink entries when preservePaths is false the default secure behavior. This allows malicious archives to bypass the extraction root restriction, leading to Arbitrary File Overwri...

Directory Traversal

Overview tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal via insufficient sanitization of the linkpath parameter during archive extraction. An attacker can overwrite arbitrary files or create malicious symbolic links by crafting a ta...

node-tar is Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite and Symlink Poisoning via Insufficient Path Sanitization

Summary The node-tar library = 7.5.2 fails to sanitize the linkpath of Link hardlink and SymbolicLink entries when preservePaths is false the default secure behavior. This allows malicious archives to bypass the extraction root restriction, leading to Arbitrary File Overwrite via hardlinks and...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-000719)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-000719 advisory. fs/overlayfs/dir.c in the OverlayFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.6 does not properly verify the upper dentry before proceeding with unlink...