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CVE-2026-59874

node-tar: Negative tar entry size causes infinite loop in archive replace PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
isaacs / node-taraffected < 7.5.18

CWE

CWE-835

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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