CVE-2026-59871 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-59871: node-tar: Process crash via PAX numeric path type confusion

Vendor Isaacs
Product node-tar
Weakness CWE-704
Published July 8, 2026
Last update July 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 8, 2026 CVE published