8.7
High
CVE-2026-59874 node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js
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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| node-tar 7.5 | earliest → < 7.5.18 | 7.5.18 |
References
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