node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js.

Code

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• Repository · github.com

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Feb 20, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. When using default options in versions 7.5.7 and below, an attacker-controlled archive can create a hardlink inside the extraction directory that points to a file outside the extraction root, enabling arbitrary file read and write as the extracting user. Severity is high because the primitive bypasses path protections and turns archive extraction into a

2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. When using default options in versions 7.5.7 and below, an attacker-controlled archive can create a hardlink inside the extraction directory that points to a file outside the extraction root, enabling arbitrary file read and write as the extracting user. Severity is high because the primitive bypasses path protections and turns archive extraction into a

Affected

• cpe isaacs/tarversion unspecified

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-26960

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-26960

  node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. When using default options in versions 7.5.7 and below, an attacker-controlled archive can create a hardlink inside the extraction directory that points to a file outside the extraction root, enabling arbitrary file read and write as t

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Patch · github.com
• Patch · github.com
• Exploit · github.com