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Advisory record · GHSA-23hp-3jrh-7fpw

node-tar: Decompression/parse DoS via unlimited input

CVSS 9.2 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.0058 · 48th percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 9.2: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 20 Jul 2026, 21:52 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
tarnpm<7.5.197.5.19
Identifiers
GHSA-23hp-3jrh-7fpw · CVE-2026-59873
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-770
Tags
Published
20 Jul 2026
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.2 Critical 4.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0058, the 48th percentile, on 15 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 27 Jun 2026, 22:59 UTC Published by the maintainers as a GitHub repository advisory

Sources

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