node-tar: Hardlink Path Traversal via Drive-Relative Linkpath
Historical advisory recorded 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC. Read the latest advisory.
cve-program · CVE-2026-29786
Publishednode-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to version 7.5.10, tar can be tricked into creating a hardlink that points outside the extraction directory by using a drive-relative link target such as C:../target.txt, which enables file overwrite outside cwd during normal tar.x() extraction. This issue has been patched in version 7.5.10.
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cve-program · CVE-2026-29786
Publishednode-tar: Hardlink Path Traversal via Drive-Relative Linkpath
node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to version 7.5.10, tar can be tricked into creating a hardlink that points outside the extraction directory by using a drive-relative link target such as C:../target.txt, which enables file overwrite outside cwd during normal tar.x() extraction. This issue has been patched in version 7.5.10.
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- 7 Mar 2026 15:32:22 UTC
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- 1 Sep 2026 12:05:00 UTC
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- 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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