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🛡️ AZL-79556 — tar (CVE-2026-29786)

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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Description

CVE-2026-29786 affecting package tar 1.34-3

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.

Affected software

AZL-79556 is recorded against 1 package.

  • tar

Timeline and source

Published on 7 March 2026 and last revised on 21 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Other advisories for this package

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-03-07
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-04-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
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