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Description

node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.21, node-tar's filesFilter in src/list.ts uses the recursive mapHas helper to walk an archive entry path upward with path.dirname() and no segment cap when tar.t(...) or tar.x(...) receives a non-empty member-selection list. A crafted GNU L or PAX x long-path header with thousands of slash-separated segments reaches this.filter(entry.path, entry) in Parser[CONSUMEHEADER] in src/parse.ts before Unpack[CHECKPATH] applies maxDepth, causing an uncatchable RangeError stack overflow that terminates asynchronous and streaming Node.js consumers. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.21.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
isaacs node-tar < 7.5.21 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 node-tar 7.5.22+~4.0.1-1 —
Debian 13 node-tar No fix yet —
Debian 12 node-tar No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 node-tar No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS node-tar No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS node-tar No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS node-tar No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS node-tar No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS node-tar No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS node-tar No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS node-tar No fix yet —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs22 +4 1:22.23.3-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3277
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs22-npm 1:10.9.9-1.22.23.3.1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3277
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs24 +4 1:24.22.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3297
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs24-npm 1:11.19.1-1.24.22.0.1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3297
Amazon Linux 2023 v8-12.4-devel 3:12.4.254.21-1.22.23.3.1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3277
Amazon Linux 2023 v8-13.6-devel 3:13.6.233.17-1.24.22.0.1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3297

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling code-server 4.130.0-r2 —
Wolfi rolling jupyter-base-notebook 7.6.3-r2 —
Wolfi rolling kubeflow-centraldashboard 1.10.0-r25 —
Wolfi rolling lerna 9.0.7-r11 —
Wolfi rolling node-gyp 13.0.1-r1 —
Wolfi rolling npm 12.0.1-r2 —
Wolfi rolling opensearch-dashboards-3 +12 3.7.0-r7 —
Wolfi rolling pnpm-stage0 No fix yet —
Wolfi rolling prism 5.16.0-r4 —
Wolfi rolling pulumi-language-nodejs 3.253.0-r2 —
Wolfi rolling renovate 44.3.2-r0 —
Wolfi rolling saf 1.7.0-r0 —
Wolfi rolling sqlpad 7.5.7-r29 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm tar < 7.5.21 7.5.21 GHSA-r292-9mhp-454m

Advisories 4

References