Description
node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.18, node-tar coerces all-digit PAX path and linkpath values in src/pax.ts to JavaScript numbers, causing downstream path handling such as normalizeWindowsPath(entry.path).split('/') to throw an uncaught TypeError. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.18.
Published: 2026-07-08
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.18, node-tar coerces all-digit PAX path and linkpath values in src/pax.ts to JavaScript numbers, causing downstream path handling such as normalizeWindowsPath(entry.path).split('/') to throw an uncaught TypeError. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.18.
Title node-tar: Process crash via PAX numeric path type confusion
Weaknesses CWE-704
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-08T16:13:05.563Z

Reserved: 2026-07-07T15:41:53.607Z

Link: CVE-2026-59871

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Updated: 2026-07-08T16:13:01.142Z

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