🛡️ CVE-2026-29786 on Debian — node-tar

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-29786 as tracked by Debian, for the package node-tar. The fix is available in version 6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-8; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-29786 is recorded against 1 package.

  • node-tar (fixed in 6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-8)

Timeline and source

Published on 7 March 2026 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2026-29786 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-03-07
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
node-tar — 6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-8

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