{"id":"CVE-2026-59871","revision":"5179e924f2644439a30144dba59d5877","records":[{"revision":"5179e924f2644439a30144dba59d5877","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-59871","aliases":[],"title":"node-tar: Process crash via PAX numeric path type confusion","description":"node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.18, node-tar coerces all-digit PAX path and linkpath values in src/pax.ts to JavaScript numbers, causing downstream path handling such as normalizeWindowsPath(entry.path).split('/') to throw an uncaught TypeError. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.18.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-07-08T15:25:09.519+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-07-08T16:13:05.563+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"node-tar","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"vendor\": \"isaacs\",\n                    \"product\": \"node-tar\",\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"< 7.5.18\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM"}],"references":["https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-w8wr-v893-vjvp","https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/e02a4e9e013c4be95302e2eb2047a942b883c27b","https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/releases/tag/v7.5.18"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59871","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-59871","identifiers":["CVE-2026-59871"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}