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...

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the parsing process of a tar archive containing a PAX extended header with a malformed SUN.holesdata sparse-file attribute. An attacker can cause a heap overflow and out-of-bounds read by supplying a...

PT-2026-56681

Summary async-tar v0.6.0 mis-applies a buffered PAX size extension to an intermediary extension header a GNU longname L, a GNU longlink K, or a PAX x/g header instead of to the next file entry. POSIX requires a PAX extended-header record set to describe the next file entry, never an intervening...

PT-2026-56492

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions node-tar versions prior to 7.5.18 Description The library coerces all-digit PAX path and linkpath values in src/pax.ts to JavaScript numbers. This behavior causes downstream path handling, such as normalizeWindowsPathentry.path.split'/', to...

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...

K000161988: Go vulnerability CVE-2025-58183

Security Advisory Description tar.Reader does not set a maximum size on the number of sparse region data blocks in GNU tar pax 1.0 sparse files. A maliciously-crafted archive containing a large number of sparse regions can cause a Reader to read an unbounded amount of data from the archive into...

golang: archive/tar: Unbounded allocation when parsing GNU sparse map

A flaw was found in the archive/tar package in the Go standard library. tar.Reader does not set a maximum size on the number of sparse region data blocks in GNU tar pax 1.0 sparse files. A specially crafted tar archive with a pax header indicating a big number of sparse regions can cause a Go...

SUSE CVE-2026-53655

node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.16, tar node-tar applies a PAX extended header's size= record and other PAX overrides to the next header entry of any type, including intermediary metadata headers such as a GNU long-name L or long-link K entry. Per POSIX pax, a PAX extend...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-53655

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 full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.16, tar node-tar applies a PAX extended header's size= record and other PAX overrides to the next head...

CVE-2026-53655

node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.16, tar node-tar applies a PAX extended header's size= record and other PAX overrides to the next header entry of any type, including intermediary metadata headers such as a GNU long-name L or long-link K entry. Per POSIX pax, a PAX extend...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53655

node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.16, tar node-tar applies a PAX extended header's size= record and other PAX overrides to the next header entry of any type, including intermediary metadata headers such as a GNU long-name L or long-link K entry. Per POSIX pax, a PAX extend...

CVE-2026-53655

node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.16, tar node-tar applies a PAX extended header's size= record and other PAX overrides to the next header entry of any type, including intermediary metadata headers such as a GNU long-name L or long-link K entry. Per POSIX pax, a PAX extend...

CVE-2026-53655 node-tar applies PAX size override to intermediary GNU long-name/long-link headers, causing tar parser interpretation differential (file smuggling)

node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.16, tar node-tar applies a PAX extended header's size= record and other PAX overrides to the next header entry of any type, including intermediary metadata headers such as a GNU long-name L or long-link K entry. Per POSIX pax, a PAX extend...

CVE-2026-53655

node-tar (node-tar) before version 7.5.16 is vulnerable: it applies a PAX extended header size override to the next header entry, including intermediary L/K/x headers, which desynchronizes the stream cursor from other tar implementations. This yields a tar-parser interpretation differential (CWE-...

CVE-2026-53655

node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.16, tar node-tar applies a PAX extended header's size= record and other PAX overrides to the next header entry of any type, including intermediary metadata headers such as a GNU long-name L or long-link K entry. Per POSIX pax, a PAX extend...

CVE-2026-53655 node-tar applies PAX size override to intermediary GNU long-name/long-link headers, causing tar parser interpretation differential (file smuggling)

node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.16, tar node-tar applies a PAX extended header's size= record and other PAX overrides to the next header entry of any type, including intermediary metadata headers such as a GNU long-name L or long-link K entry. Per POSIX pax, a PAX extend...

Interpretation Conflict

Overview tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Interpretation Conflict due to improper handling of PAX extended header size overrides in intermediary metadata headers. An attacker can cause inconsistent archive parsing results between differen...

node-tar applies PAX size override to intermediary GNU long-name/long-link headers, causing tar parser interpretation differential (file smuggling)

Summary tar node-tar applies a PAX extended header's size= record and other PAX overrides to the next header entry of any type, including intermediary metadata headers such as a GNU long-name L or long-link K entry. Per POSIX pax, a PAX extended header x describes the next file entry, not the...

NPM: node-tar applies PAX size override to intermediary GNU long-name/long-link headers, causing tar parser interpretation differential (file smuggling)

NPM: node-tar applies PAX size override to intermediary GNU long-name/long-link headers, causing tar parser interpretation differential file smuggling vulnerability discovered by ? in WordPress Npm tar versions = 7.5.15...

GHSA-VMF3-W455-68VH node-tar applies PAX size override to intermediary GNU long-name/long-link headers, causing tar parser interpretation differential (file smuggling)

Summary tar node-tar applies a PAX extended header's size= record and other PAX overrides to the next header entry of any type, including intermediary metadata headers such as a GNU long-name L or long-link K entry. Per POSIX pax, a PAX extended header x describes the next file entry, not the...