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CVE-2026-31802

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2026-03-10 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to version 7.5.11, tar (npm) can be tricked into creating a symlink that points outside the extraction directory by using a drive-relative symlink target such as C:../../../target.txt, which enables file overwrite outside cwd during normal tar.x() extraction. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.11.

Affected Platforms

Isaacs Tar

Weakness Type

CWE-22

References