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CVE-2026-59873

9.2 CRITICAL 0.6% exploit odds Fix listed Denial of service Library

What it is

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.

At a glance

Exploitability
Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
Exploit odds
0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Fix
A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

  1. PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
  2. Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

Details

Published
Last modified
Exploit probability
0.6% · EPSS, next 30 days
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation without limits
Record status
Analyzed

Affected

Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 9.2

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Raw 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Fix and advisories

References

NVD record · CVE.org record