{"id":"CVE-2026-59873","revision":"609ad76d50c141f9afd1f80da4cff4da","records":[{"revision":"609ad76d50c141f9afd1f80da4cff4da","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-59873","aliases":[],"title":"node-tar: Decompression/parse DoS via unlimited input","description":"node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.19, node-tar does not enforce hard upper bounds on total decompressed data, entry counts, or decompression ratio in extraction and parsing paths such as src/extract.ts, allowing a small crafted gzip bomb to exhaust disk space and CPU. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.19.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-07-08T15:22:40.077+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-07-08T19:41:26.372+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"node-tar","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"vendor\": \"isaacs\",\n                    \"product\": \"node-tar\",\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"< 7.5.19\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 4.0","vector":"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","score":9.2,"severity":"CRITICAL"}],"references":["https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-23hp-3jrh-7fpw","https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/2812e9338665659b183aa7226518c307044957d3","https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/releases/tag/v7.5.19"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59873","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-59873","identifiers":["CVE-2026-59873"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}