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. Mar 10, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to version 7.5.11, tar (npm) can be tricked into creating a symlink that points outside the extraction directory by using a drive-relative symlink target such as C:../../../target.txt, which enables file overwrite outside cwd during normal tar.x() extraction. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.11.

2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to version 7.5.11, tar (npm) can be tricked into creating a symlink that points outside the extraction directory by using a drive-relative symlink target such as C:../../../target.txt, which enables file overwrite outside cwd during normal tar.x() extraction. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.11.

Affected

• cpe isaacs/tarversion unspecified

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-31802

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-31802

  node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to version 7.5.11, tar (npm) can be tricked into creating a symlink that points outside the extraction directory by using a drive-relative symlink target such as C:../../../target.txt, which enables file overwrite outside cwd dur

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Vendor Advisory · github.com
• Exploit · github.com