CVE Feed

    Dashboard / CVE / CVE-2026-23745

    CVE-2026-23745

    node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. The node-tar library (<= 7.5.2) fails to sanitize the linkpath of Link (hardlink) and SymbolicLink entries when preservePaths is false (the default secure behavior). This allows malicious archives to bypass the extraction root restriction, leading to Arbitrary File Overwrite via hardlinks and Symlink Poisoning via absolute symlink targets. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.3.

    Published:Jan 16, 2026
    Last Modified:Apr 18, 2026
    EPS:Jan 16, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.00007
    CVSS Score:6.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Isaacs
    Product
    Tar

    Exploits

    https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-8qq5-rm4j-mr97https://github.com/Jvr2022/CVE-2026-23745https://github.com/Novem13th/CVE-2026-23745-via-graphql-DEMOhttps://github.com/OndrejDrapalik/node-tar-cve-demo

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-73566 (CVSS 7.5) — node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.21, node-tar's filesFilter in src/lis…
    CVE-2026-59871 (CVSS 5.3) — node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.18, node-tar coerces all-digit PAX pa…
    CVE-2026-59874 (CVSS 8.7) — node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.18, tar.replace accepts a checksum-va…
    CVE-2026-59873 (CVSS 9.2) — node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.19, node-tar does not enforce hard up…
    CVE-2026-59875 (CVSS 5.3) — node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.17, node-tar does not strip NUL bytes…
    CVE-2026-53655 (CVSS 6.9) — node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.16, tar (node-tar) applies a PAX extended header's s…
    CVE-2026-31802 (CVSS 8.2) — node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to version 7.5.11, tar (npm) can be tricked into creating a…
    CVE-2026-29786 (CVSS 8.2) — node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to version 7.5.10, tar can be tricked into creating a hardl…
    CVE-2026-26960 (CVSS 7.1) — node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. When using default options in versions 7.5.7 and below, an attack…
    CVE-2026-24842 (CVSS 8.2) — node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for h…

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High