CVE-2024-28863

node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. node-tar prior to version 6.2.1 has no limit on the number of sub-folders created in the folder creation process. An attacker who generates a large number of sub-folders can consume memory on the system running node-tar and even crash the Node.js client within few seconds of running it using a path with too many sub-folders inside. Version 6.2.1 fixes this issue by preventing extraction in excessively deep sub-folders.

Affected products

Almalinux, Centos, Debian, Node.Js, Red Hat, Red Os, Rocky Linux, Node-Tar

Isaacs Tar

< 6.2.1

Fix

Available

CVSS 3.1

6.5 MEDIUM

EPSS

0.9% (57th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-400, CWE-770

NVD status

Analyzed

Published

2024-03-21

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