Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Overview tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast via the src/pax.ts file. An attacker can cause a process crash by providing all-digit PAX path or linkpath values that are coerced to JavaScript numbers, leading ...

CVE-2026-59875

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...

CVE-2026-59875

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...

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

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...

PT-2026-56495

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions node-tar versions prior to 7.5.17 Description The library fails to strip NUL bytes from PAX path and linkpath records in the src/pax.ts file. This allows a specially crafted archive to pass these values to fs.lstat or fs.open, resulting in an...