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

Advisory record · `GHSA-8x88-c5mf-7j5w`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-8x88-c5mf-7j5w` · `CVE-2026-59874`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.7 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-835](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Published:** 20 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 10 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 20 Jul 2026, 21:51 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `tar` (npm): affected `<7.5.18`; fixed in `7.5.18`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.7 High, CVSS 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:N`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0043, the 38th percentile, on 15 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 27 Jun 2026, 22:24 UTC: [Published by the maintainers as a GitHub repository advisory](https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-8x88-c5mf-7j5w)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-8x88-c5mf-7j5w](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8x88-c5mf-7j5w)
- [OSV: GHSA-8x88-c5mf-7j5w](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8x88-c5mf-7j5w)
- <https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-8x88-c5mf-7j5w>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59874>
- <https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/9e78bf058b2c22dd4d52e00d8922d5c06fc2f7b5>
- <https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar>
- <https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/releases/tag/v7.5.18>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-8x88-c5mf-7j5w>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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