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5.0.3
5 Oct 20195.0.11 is the newest release of 5.x.
Security
18 advisories affect 5.0.3; 7.5.21 fixes them
- Criticalnode-tar: Decompression/parse DoS via unlimited inputGHSA-23hp-3jrh-7fpw · 20 Jul 2026Fixed in 7.5.19
- Highnode-tar: Uncontrolled recursion in mapHas/filesFilter allows uncatchable stack-overflow DoS via crafted long-path tar with member selectionGHSA-r292-9mhp-454m · 24 Jul 2026Fixed in 7.5.21
- Highnode-tar: Negative tar entry size causes infinite loop in archive replaceGHSA-8x88-c5mf-7j5w · 20 Jul 2026Fixed in 7.5.18
- Highnode-tar Symlink Path Traversal via Drive-Relative LinkpathGHSA-9ppj-qmqm-q256 · 10 Mar 2026Fixed in 7.5.11
- Hightar has Hardlink Path Traversal via Drive-Relative LinkpathGHSA-qffp-2rhf-9h96 · 5 Mar 2026Fixed in 7.5.10
13 more
- HighArbitrary File Read/Write via Hardlink Target Escape Through Symlink Chain in node-tar ExtractionGHSA-83g3-92jg-28cx · 18 Feb 2026Fixed in 7.5.8
- Highnode-tar Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via Hardlink Path TraversalGHSA-34x7-hfp2-rc4v · 28 Jan 2026Fixed in 7.5.7
- HighRace Condition in node-tar Path Reservations via Unicode Ligature Collisions on macOS APFSGHSA-r6q2-hw4h-h46w · 21 Jan 2026Fixed in 7.5.4
- Highnode-tar is Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite and Symlink Poisoning via Insufficient Path SanitizationGHSA-8qq5-rm4j-mr97 · 16 Jan 2026Fixed in 7.5.3
- HighArbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via insufficient symlink protection due to directory cache poisoning using symbolic linksGHSA-9r2w-394v-53qc · 31 Aug 2021Fixed in 5.0.8
- HighArbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via insufficient symlink protection due to directory cache poisoning using symbolic linksGHSA-qq89-hq3f-393p · 31 Aug 2021Fixed in 5.0.10
- HighArbitrary File Creation/Overwrite on Windows via insufficient relative path sanitizationGHSA-5955-9wpr-37jh · 31 Aug 2021Fixed in 5.0.10
- HighArbitrary File Creation/Overwrite due to insufficient absolute path sanitizationGHSA-3jfq-g458-7qm9 · 3 Aug 2021Fixed in 5.0.6
- HighArbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via insufficient symlink protection due to directory cache poisoningGHSA-r628-mhmh-qjhw · 3 Aug 2021Fixed in 5.0.7
- Moderatenode-tar: Process crash via PAX numeric path type confusionGHSA-w8wr-v893-vjvp · 20 Jul 2026Fixed in 7.5.18
- Moderatenode-tar: Uncaught Exception DoS via NUL byte in PAX path/linkpath recordsGHSA-gvwx-54wh-qm9j · 20 Jul 2026Fixed in 7.5.17
- Moderatenode-tar applies PAX size override to intermediary GNU long-name/long-link headers, causing tar parser interpretation differential (file smuggling)GHSA-vmf3-w455-68vh · 15 Jun 2026Fixed in 7.5.16
- ModerateDenial of service while parsing a tar file due to lack of folders count validationGHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36 · 22 Mar 2024Fixed in 6.2.1
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