CVE-2026-59874
HIGH
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.04
BB Relevance:
77/100
Published: 2026-07-08
Modified: 2026-10-25
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
Low Complexity
No Auth
No Interaction
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
X
AT:
None
VC:
None
VI:
None
VA:
High
Description
node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.18, tar.replace accepts a checksum-valid tar header with a negative base-256 encoded entry size, causing the archive scanner to make no progress while repeatedly parsing the same header. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.18.
Weakness Classification (1)
References & Advisories (3)
Release Notes
Patch
Exploit
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