CVE-2026-59875 — node-tar: Uncaught Exception DoS via NUL byte in PAX path/linkpath records
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 craft…
Published: 2026-07-08 · CVSS: 5.3 · CVSS 3.1
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 fixed in version 7.5.17.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7