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CVE-2026-59875

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.29% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-07-08 · Last synced 2026-08-07

CyberRota Analysis

AI-Generated

The node-tar library for Node.js versions prior to 7.5.17 is vulnerable to an issue where NUL bytes are not stripped from PAX path and linkpath records, potentially allowing crafted archives to cause uncaught exceptions during file system operations. This vulnerability could lead to application crashes, impacting stability and reliability. Developers using affected versions of node-tar should prioritize upgrading to version 7.5.17 or later to mitigate this risk.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2026-59875
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
0.29%

Original NVD Description

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.