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Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-24842

CVE-2026-24842

High
Open
TLP:CLEAR

node-tar Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via Hardlink Path Traversal

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Critical Infrastructure

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Description

node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path traversal protections and creates hardlinks to arbitrary files outside the extraction directory. Version 7.5.7 contains a fix for the issue.

Details

CVSS Score
8.2
EPSS Score
0.54%

43th percentile

CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Confidence
90%
Published
Jan 28, 2026
Last Modified
Aug 17, 2026
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