tar has 3 CVEs on record between 2021 and 2026. The median CVSS is 5.3 (medium).
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- 0% vs 1% corpus
- Median CVSS
- 5.3
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CVE-2021-38511High· 7.5Links in archive can create arbitrary directories42GHSA-r292-9mhp-454mMedium· 5.3node-tar: Uncontrolled recursion in mapHas/filesFilter allows uncatchable stack-overflow DoS via crafted long-path tar with member selection29CVE-2026-59875Medium· 5.3node-tar: Uncaught Exception DoS via NUL byte in PAX path/linkpath records29
tar vulnerabilities
CVEs affecting tar, newest first. Open any entry for full detail, references, and exploit status.
3 CVEsRSS
GHSA-r292-9mhp-454mMedium· 5.3node-tar: Uncontrolled recursion in mapHas/filesFilter allows uncatchable stack-overflow DoS via crafted long-path tar with member selection
node-tar: Uncontrolled recursion in mapHas/filesFilter allows uncatchable stack-overflow DoS via crafted long-path tar with member selection
▾ Sunlittar · tarvia GHSA
CVE-2026-59875Medium· 5.3node-tar: Uncaught Exception DoS via NUL byte in PAX path/linkpath records
node-tar: Uncaught Exception DoS via NUL byte in PAX path/linkpath records
▾ Sunlittar · tarEPSS 0.35%via GHSA
CVE-2021-38511High· 7.5Links in archive can create arbitrary directories
Links in archive can create arbitrary directories
▾ Twilighttar · tarEPSS 1.4%via OSV