DEBIAN-CVE-2026-24842

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-24842
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-24842.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-24842
Upstream
Published
2026-01-28T01:16:14Z
Modified
2026-09-08T08:47:33Z
Severity
  • 8.2 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path traversal protections and creates hardlinks to arbitrary files outside the extraction directory. Version 7.5.7 contains a fix for the issue.

References

Affected packages

Debian:14 / node-tar

Package

Name
node-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-tar?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-10

Affected versions

6.*
6.2.1+~cs7.0.8-1
6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-1
6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-2
6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-3
6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-4
6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-5
6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-6
6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-7
6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-8
6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-24842.json"