CVE-2026-59874 (GCVE-0-2026-59874)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-08 15:23 – Updated: 2026-07-08 17:00
VLAI
Title
node-tar: Negative tar entry size causes infinite loop in archive replace
Summary
node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.18, tar.replace accepts a checksum-valid tar header with a negative base-256 encoded entry size, causing the archive scanner to make no progress while repeatedly parsing the same header. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.18.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
isaacs node-tar Affected: < 7.5.18
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