VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-59871
CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.64%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-07-08
Last modified2026-10-25
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-704: Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast
Primary references
- security-advisories@github.com — Patch
- security-advisories@github.com — Release Notes
- security-advisories@github.com — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 — Exploit, Vendor Advisory