Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2024-28863 as tracked by npm (Root.io), for the package tar. The fix is available in version 6.2.1-root.io.11; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.
CVSS metrics in full
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
- Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
- Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
- User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
- Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality impact: None.
- Integrity impact: None.
- Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
Weakness class
ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2024-28863 is classified as CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. A request can consume memory, CPU or storage without limit, exhausting capacity for everyone else.
Affected software
ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2024-28863 is recorded against 2 packages.
- @rootio/tar (fixed in 6.2.1-root.io.11)
- tar (fixed in 6.2.1-aikido.11)
Timeline and source
Published on 29 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
Other advisories for this package
@rootio/tar has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Same weakness in other software
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) in other software:
