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CVE-2026-26960

node-tar has Arbitrary File Read/Write via Hardlink Target Escape Through Symlink Chain in Extraction PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. When using default options in versions 7.5.7 and below, an attacker-controlled archive can create a hardlink inside the extraction directory that points to a file outside the extraction root, enabling arbitrary file read and write as the extracting user. Severity is high because the primitive bypasses path protections and turns archive extraction into a direct filesystem access primitive. This issue has been fixed in version 7.5.8.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
isaacs / node-taraffected < 7.5.8

CWE

CWE-22

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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