Description
node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.19, node-tar does not enforce hard upper bounds on total decompressed data, entry counts, or decompression ratio in extraction and parsing paths such as src/extract.ts, allowing a small crafted gzip bomb to exhaust disk space and CPU. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.19.
Published: 2026-07-08
Score: 9.2 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Isaacs
Isaacs tar
Vendors & Products Isaacs
Isaacs tar

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.19, node-tar does not enforce hard upper bounds on total decompressed data, entry counts, or decompression ratio in extraction and parsing paths such as src/extract.ts, allowing a small crafted gzip bomb to exhaust disk space and CPU. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.19.
Title node-tar: Decompression/parse DoS via unlimited input
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-08T19:41:26.372Z

Reserved: 2026-07-07T15:41:53.607Z

Link: CVE-2026-59873

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-08T18:00:06.551Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-08T15:22:40Z

Links: CVE-2026-59873 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-07-10T09:30:13Z

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