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
• CVSS 7.5 high
• 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)
• Public exploit code is available
• A fix is available

CVE-2026-59871 at the National Vulnerability Database