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CVE-2026-31802 (GCVE-0-2026-31802)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-09 21:11 – Updated: 2026-03-10 14:56
VLAI
Title
node-tar Symlink Path Traversal via Drive-Relative Linkpath
Summary
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.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-10 14:56 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
isaacs node-tar Affected: < 7.5.11
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