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    CVE-2026-59871

    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.

    Published:Jul 8, 2026
    Last Modified:Jul 10, 2026
    EPS:Jul 8, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.00291
    CVSS Score:5.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Isaacs
    Product
    Tar

    Exploits

    https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-w8wr-v893-vjvphttps://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-w8wr-v893-vjvp

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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