CVE-2026-59875

node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.17, node-tar does not strip NUL bytes from PAX path and linkpath records in src/pax.ts, allowing a crafted archive with values to reach fs.lstat or fs.open and terminate the process with an uncaught exception. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.17.

• Published Jul 8, 2026
• CVSS 5.3 medium
• 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)
• A fix is available

CVE-2026-59875 at the National Vulnerability Database