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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59874

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...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 node-tar

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 node-tar

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:14 node-tar

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.5.19+~4.0.1-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org