CVE-2026-59874
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2026-07-08 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
Description
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.
See more information about CVE-2026-59874 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 7.5 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | None |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs) | ELSA-2026-47057 | 2026-07-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs) | ELSA-2026-47058 | 2026-07-29 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-nodemon) | ELSA-2026-47057 | 2026-07-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-nodemon) | ELSA-2026-47058 | 2026-07-29 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-packaging) | ELSA-2026-47057 | 2026-07-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-packaging) | ELSA-2026-47058 | 2026-07-29 |
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