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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-24842

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path traversal protections and creates hardlinks to arbitrary files outside the extraction directory. Version 7.5.7 contains a fix for the issue.

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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-24842

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Security context

Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-24842

node-tar

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Affected versions
6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-1

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6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-2

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6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-3

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6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-4

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6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-5

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6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-6

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6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-7

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6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-8

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6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-9

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6.2.1+~cs7.0.8-1

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Fixed versions
6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-10

Source reference: /affected/0/ranges

Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

Structured affected-version data

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[
  {
    "ranges": [
      {
        "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-10"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "node-tar",
      "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/node-tar?arch=source&distro=forky",
      "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
    },
    "versions": [
      "6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-1",
      "6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-2",
      "6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-3",
      "6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-4",
      "6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-5",
      "6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-6",
      "6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-7",
      "6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-8",
      "6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-9",
      "6.2.1+~cs7.0.8-1"
    ],
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-24842.json"
    },
    "ecosystem_specific": {
      "urgency": "not yet assigned"
    }
  }
]

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