GHSA-23HP-3JRH-7FPW node-tar: Decompression/parse DoS via unlimited input

Summary A Decompression/parse DoS via unlimited input vulnerability in node-tar allows an attacker to exhaust server resources disk space and CPU. Because the library does not enforce hard upper bounds on total decompressed data or entry counts, a small, maliciously crafted "Gzip Bomb" can be use...

CVE-2026-59873 node-tar: Decompression/parse DoS via unlimited input

node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.19, node-tar does not enforce hard upper bounds on total decompressed data, entry counts, or decompression ratio in extraction and parsing paths such as src/extract.ts, allowing a small crafted gzip bomb to exhaust disk spac...