CVE-2026-59875

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 79% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.17, node-tar does not strip NUL bytes from PAX path and linkpath records in src/pax.ts, allowing a crafted archive with values to reach fs.lstat or fs.open and terminate the process with an uncaught exception. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.17.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EPSS
21.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 8, 2026

Last Modified

July 10, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 9, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Uncaught Exception DoS via NUL byte in PAX path/linkpath records · Advisory · isaacs/node-tar · GitHub

https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-gvwx-54wh-qm9j
github_commit

commit 7a635c29f5ed (isaacs/node-tar)

Fix landed in isaacs/node-tar commit 7a635c29f5ed — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/7a635c29f5edbf083557374d43984273ecfed5b3

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-11 09:48 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-10 11:48 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-09 13:46 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-08 15:46 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-08 15:45 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-59875?
CVE-2026-59875 is a medium vulnerability published on July 8, 2026. node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.17, node-tar does not strip NUL bytes from PAX path and linkpath records in src/pax.ts, allowing a crafted archive with values to reach fs.lstat or fs.open and terminate the process with an uncaught exception. This issue is…
When was CVE-2026-59875 disclosed?
CVE-2026-59875 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 8, 2026, with the most recent update on July 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-59875 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-59875 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 21.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-59875?
CVE-2026-59875 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-59875?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-59875, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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