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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59875
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 s...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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: 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